122 LIST OF FISH. 



to the comers of the mouth. Teeth with from 1 — 3 points. The 

 upper velum is indistinct without a fringe. The papilla* are want- 

 ing in the under-jaw. The skin is smooth or studded with knohs. 



Pteroplatea, Mull. $■ Henle, Max). Nat. Hist. 90, 1838. Plagiost. 



168. 

 Dasvatis, Rafin. Index, 49. Anal. 93. Char. 16. 

 Trygon (§ 3), Cuv. Reg. An. 2 ed. ii. 400. 



1. Dasvatis altavela. 



Pastinaca marina altera, pteryplatea, altavela, Columna, Aquat. 2. 

 Pastinaca marina altera, Aldrov. 438. Willoughby, 65. (Copied 



from Columna). Ray, 24, 3. 

 Raja altavela, Linn. Gmel. 1509. 

 Dasvatis altavilla, Rafin. bid. 49. 

 Trygoii altavela, Bonav. xiii. Lowe, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond. 92, 



' 1839. 

 Pteroplatea altavela, Mull. $• Henle, Plag. 168. 

 Pastinaque de F. Columna, Blainv. Fauna Fr. 37. 



Hab. — Mediterranean Ocean. 



2. Dasyatis canariensis. 



Pteroplatea canariensis, Valenc. Webb, Canar. t. Weigmann, Arch. 

 ii. 201, 1845. 



Hab. — Canaries, Webb. 



3. Dasyatis micrura. 



Trygon micrura, Block, Sckneid. 300. Cuv. Reg. An. 2ed. ii. 400. 

 Raja pcecilura, Shaiv, 291. Hardw. Icon. ined. 79, 81. 

 Tenkee Kunsul, Russ. 6. 

 Trygon pcecilurus, Benn. Life of Raffles, 694. 



Pteroplatea micrura, Midi. 8r Henle, Plag. 169. Rich. Rep. Brit. 

 Assoc. 197, 1845. 



Hab. — Indian Ocean. 



a. Stuffed. Calcutta. From Mr. Bartlett's collection. 

 //.Stuffed. India. Presented by T. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 

 c. In spirits. Singapore. 

 Var. ? Japonicus. 



a, b. In spirits. Japan. 



c. In spirits. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 " Pteroplatea Japonicus, Gray, MSS. Brit. Mus." 



