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98. RAJA EGLANTERIA, Bosc. 



Prickles comparatively small and very sharp, most numerous on the an- 

 terior portion of the pectoral, over the head, on the snout, on the middle 

 of the back, and on the tail between the rows of larger ones; enlarged 

 spines present around the eyes and spiracles, on the middle of the snout, 

 in a median row along the back, and in 2 rows along each side of the 

 tail ; these spines very sharp ; larger and smaller ones alternating in the 

 rows ; a large spine in the middle of each shoulder; a spine between the 

 caudal fins. Color brown, with bands, bars, lines, blotches, and spots of 

 darker color in the middle of the pectoral ; a translucent space on each 

 side of snout. (Garman.) L. about 2 feet. Cape Cod southward to 

 Florida; not very common, (eglantina, the briar rose.) 



Raia eglanleria (Bosc), LACPDE, Hist. Nat. des Poiss., n, 103, 1800, Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina ; GARMAN, I. c., 179, 1881 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 41, 1883. 

 Raiadiaphana, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. i, 1815, 47, New York. 

 Raia desmarestia, LE SUEUR, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 100, 1824, Florida. 

 Raia chantenay, LE SUEUR, I. c., 106, 1824, Delaware Bay. 



99. RAJA SENTA, Garman. 



Form of R. eglanteria. Snout projecting, its tip acute- and flexible ; inter- 

 orbital space concave, 3$- in snout,* mouth little curved, | preoral part 

 of snout; eyes and spiracles small; teeth in 36 to 40 rows. Tail slender, 

 tapering. Entire upper surface covered with very small, close-set spines, 

 each slender, acute, strongly hooked backward over a broad stellate base; 

 vertebral line with a series of large spines with smaller interspersed ; 2 or 

 3 large, hooked spines before each eye ; a few moderate spines on snout and 

 back of head. Olivaceous, clouded with darker, a whitish spot sometimes 

 on middle of back, and a pale bar on back of tail. (Garman.) Banks of 

 Newfoundland to Cape Cod, in deep water, (sentis, briar.) 



Raja senta, GARMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 43, Cape Cod Bay; Le Have Bank. (Type, 

 No. 21004 and 24309.) 



100. RAJA LJETIS,* (Mitchill). 



(BARNDOOR SKATE.) 



Angles of the disk more acute than in any of the others; muzzle much 

 produced, somewhat shovel-shaped at tip. Spines of the body very few 

 and small; some present above the eyes and spiracles, on the snout, along 

 the anterior border of the pectorals, and on the back; those on the back 

 very small ; a median dorsal row of larger hooked spines extending along 

 the median line of the posterior portion of the back and the tail; usually 

 2 lateral rows on the tail. Female rougher, as usual among rays. 

 Color variable, brownish, with paler spots, which are usually ringed with 

 darker. The largest of our Atlantic species, reaching a length of 4 feet. 

 New England to Florida; not uncommon northward. (Icevis, smooth.) 



*Rajagramdata, Gill. Allied to R. tevis. Back and ventrals surface covered with minute sharp 

 granular ossifications. Teeth in about 30 rows; claspers slender and scarcely expanded. Slate 

 color, the ventrals with reticulate markings. (Gill.) Banks of Newfoundland; a doubtful species, 

 imperfectly described, apparently not different from R. lievis. (granulatus, granular.) 



