Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 75 



area on tail ; back and tail with a median row of 22 to 29 large spines; 

 tail with a marginal row of large spines ( 9 ) > rest of disk mostly smooth ; 

 lower side mostly smooth except below snout. Olive brown, with 

 numerous paler blotches, 2 larger than the others. L. 3 feet. Coast of 

 Alaska, common. (Bean.) (parma, shield; fero, I bear.) 



/,',n,i parmifera, BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 157, Iliuliuk, Unalaska ; (Type, No. 27051). 

 JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 878, 1883. 



106. RAJA STELLULATA, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Disk much broader than long, anteriorly broadly arched ; the snout 

 very obtuse, but its tip slightly exserted and acutish ; anterior margin of 

 pectorals somewhat undulated and convex ; posterior margin very con- 

 vex. A row of small stoutish spines above eye ; about 6 spines on the 

 scapular region, and a median row of strong spines on the tail ; entire 

 upper surface rough with strong stellate prickles; these largest on 

 head, middle of back, and on tail; underside smooth, except anteriorly. 

 Teeth $$. Nasal cartilage very weak. Color brown, everywhere strongly 

 variegated with light and dark colors ; a black spot at base of each pec- 

 toral, surrounded by a pale ring, and this by a black ring; numerous 

 black spots of various sizes, some of them ocellated, scattered over the 

 body ; head with black crossbars. Disk broader than long ; the length 

 of tail more than $ the width of disk; the snout 4 in length of disk, 

 and 2| times the interorbital width ; the snout is as long as in inornata, 

 but much wider, appearing blunt and short. L. 2i feet. Coast of Cali- 

 fornia and northward, Santa Barbara to Unalaska: locally abundant 

 about Monterey, (stellula, a small star, from the form of prickles.) 

 Raja slelhtiata, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 133, Monterey ; JORDAN & GIL- 

 BERT, Synopsis, 45, 1883. 



107. RAJA ALEUTICA, Gilbert & Thoburn. 



Closely related to E. slellulata, differing in the much finer stellate 

 prickles, which uniformly cover the entire upper side of disk, the con- 

 tinuous series of median spines, the narrower disk, and longer, sharper 

 snout. The latter forms a right angle, its length more than i length of 

 disk. Interorbital space deeply concave, the rostral cartilage a slender 

 rod, with semitransparent spaces on either side. Anterior margins of disk 

 gently convex near snout, concave near pectoral angle. Length of tail 

 equaling distance from snout to vent. Teeth f f . No spines or enlarged 

 prickles on orbital rim. Two large spines on shoulder. A broad band of 

 enlarged prickles on each side of tail. 



The single specimen is a young male, 33 inches long, taken south of Una- 

 laska Island, Aleutian group, at a depth of 81 fathoms. The species 

 evidently reaches a larger size than either stellulata or parmifera, as the 

 claspers failed to reach ventral margin, and the pectoral hooks were un- 

 developed in the type. 



Raja aleutiea, GILBERT & THOBURN, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1894; Sannak Island, Aleutians. 



108. RAJA TRACHURA, Gilbert. 



Allied to Raja isotrachys, a deep water species, but the disk broader, the 

 snout much blunter, the angle much greater than a right angle. Upper 



