LIST OF FISH. 133 



Cephaloptera:, Mull. $• Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 91, 1838. 

 Plagiost. 184. 



Obs. — In C. Olfersii the tail is short, and there is no spine 

 behind the hack-fin, nor is there any spine in Miiller & Henle's 

 figure of Cephaloptera. 



1. CEPHALOPTERA. 



Mouth on the ventral surface. Teeth in both jaws small, flat, 

 pavement-like, of diverse forms. The rays of the breast-fin extend 

 close up to the skull. The fore edge of the breast-fin describes 

 a convex curve from the skull, behind the eyes, and up to the 

 point. 



Cephaloptera, Dum. Zonl. Anal. Cuv. Reg. An. 2 ed. ii. Mull. $r 



Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist, ii, 91, 1838. Plagiost. 184. 

 Dicerobatis, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 121, 1816. 

 Pterocephala, Swains. Cab. Cycl. ii. 319. 

 Mobula, Rafin. 



1. Cephaloptera Giorna. Cephaloptera. 



Cephaloptera Giorna, Mull. Sf Henle, Plag. 184. Giorna, Mem. 



Acad. Turin, 2, f. 1. 

 Raja fabroniana, Lacep. v. 663, t. 20. 



Raja Giorna, Risso, Ichth. 14, 1. Cuv. Reg. An. 2 ed. ii. 402. 

 Raja Massena, Risso, Ichth. 15,2, p. 293. 

 Cephalopterus Massena, Risso, Hist. Nat. 164. 

 Raja Mobula, Blainv. Faun. Fr. 41, pi. 8. 

 Raia cephaloptera, Bloch, Schneid. 

 Mobula auriculata, Rafin. 1810. 

 Apterurus fabroni, Rafin. 1810. 

 Pterocephala Giorna, Stvains. Cab. Cycl. ii. 319. 



Hab. — Mediterranean, N. America. 



2. Cephaloptera Olfersii. Indian Cephaloptera. 



? Eregoodoo-Tenkee, Russell, 9, 10.* 



Cephaloptera Olfersii, Mull. Myxin. 311. Mull. §• Henle, Plaq. 

 185. 



a. Stuffed. Indian Ocean. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



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