Ad. s. Jensen: The Selachians of Greenland. 



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mm long weighing IS^^kg; the greatest breadth of the disc was 970 mm; it had 21 

 dorsal spines. The specimen c is a female 1120 mm long with 22 dorsal spines^); its 

 stomach contained prawns {Pandalus). The size of specimen d lay between those 

 of the two foregoing. Specimen e was a female 980 mm long with 22 dorsal spines and 

 specimen f a female 900 mm long with 25 dorsal spines. 



Of these specimens only a and c were preserved; their principal measurements in 

 mm are the following: 



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en 



(X) 



I g o «i 

 o 



'1^ ^ 



o M 



o 



S. 2 



Cl 

 OJ ■ 



.is (U 



oi«" CO 

 C O cu 



C 2 en 

 _ CO OJ 



1— 1 " 05 



(D CO 

 ■ti CL, 



CO-- 





oi§3 

 .S w CC 



Q o - 



a> 





-i 



O csrs 



cor^' 



740 

 1047* 



485 

 725 



360 

 493 



149 

 212 



283 

 400 



? 

 18 



36,5 

 57 



14,5 

 26 



56,5 

 76 



72 

 95 



143 

 194 



Of specimen b the jaws were preserved (see the plate fig. 3); they bear 32 rows 

 of teeth above and 31 below; the single teeth greatly resemble those in Raja lintea 

 (cf. fig. 9 in the text) of the same sex, but here the basal disc of the tooth is rela- 

 tively a little broader. 



Remarks. In Bull. Essex Institute, XI, 1879, p. 28 Goode & Bean describe a 

 new ray to which was given the M. S.-name Raja granulata by Gill as follows : "A 

 remarkable species with back and ventral surface covered with minute sharp granular 



ossifications A species of the same type as R. lævis, and having 30 — 31 teeth on 



each side; the back granulated and slate colored; the ventrals distinguished by reticu- 

 late markings, and the claspers slender and scarcely expanded". This species is re- 

 ferred to later by other American authors in the same brief manner. 



There seemed to be the possibility, that the above-described ray from southern 

 West Greenland was identical with Raja granulata from Newfoundland ; this is also sug- 

 gested by the figure given of R. granulata by Goode & Bean in "Oceanic Ichthyology" 

 (Piates, fig. 30). 



It was thus of considerable importance for me to see this ray and on Prof. Junger- 

 sen's reference to the U. S. National Museum it became possible, an authentic speci- 

 men of Raja granulata (Gill) Goode & Bean being sent from there for comparison; 

 it was taken at 42°37' N., 62°55' W., 200 fm. It then proved, that this species is 

 different from that brought home by the "Tjalfe" Expedition. R. granulata posses- 



') In this specimen there has also been a spine — now broken off 

 -) In the fresh condition the total length was 1120 mm. 



between the dorsal fms. 



