LIST OF FISH. 121 



21. Trygon hastata. Whip Sting Ray. 



Pastinaca hastata, De Kay, Nat. Hist, of New York, 373, pi. 65, 



f. 214 (female), pt. 1. Zool. 1842. 

 PRaja centroura, Mitch. Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. i. 479. 



Hab. — Long Island, North America. 



22. Trygon caenea. 



Trygon carnea, Rich. Rep. Brit. Assoc. 197, 1845. 

 Hab. — China Seas, Macao. 



Doubtful Trygones. 



1. Raja loevis, Gronov. Mm. i. 64, 141. Zooph. 37, 158. 



2. Raja, No. 1, Browne, Jam. 459. 



3. Raja, No. 2, Browne, Jam. 459. 



4. Raja, No. 3, Browne, Jam. 459. 



5. Raja cuculus, Lacep. Poiss. iv. 669,673. 



6. Darybatis Ujo, Rafin. Caratt. 16. Uroxis rigo, Index. 



7. Tenkee Shindraki, Ritss. Ind. Fish, 5. Cuv. Req. An. 2ed. ii. 



399. 



2. ELIPESURUS. 



Tail short or deficient, the base covered with strong spiny ex- 

 crescences. Body oval. Eyes prominent. Nostrils very large. 



1. Elipesuhus spinicauda. Spine-tailed Elipesurus. 



Elipesurus, Schomb. Nat. Lib. v. 184, 1843. 



Elipesurus spinicauda, Schomb. Nat. Lib. v. 184, pi. 23, 1843. 



Naree-naree, local name. 



Hab. — Rio Branca, Fort San Joaquim. 



3. DASYATIS. 



The disk is nearly, or more than twice as broad as lonjr, and the 

 tail is short, for the most part shorter than the body. Tail naked 

 or with low fins. Mouth a little arched. The dental-plate reaches 



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