140 



Fam. LI. PRISTIOPHORIDiE. 



(Snout much produced, "vdth lateral teeth, saw-like.) 



179. Pristiophorus cirratus, Latham. (A.) Saw Fish. 



Sets of teeth in upper jaw, 42. 

 Giinth. Cat., VIII., p. 432. AUp. MS. Macl. Cat., 1104. 

 Not common. 



180. Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Giinth. (A.) Saw Fish. 



Sets of teeth in upper jaw, 35 - 39. 



Second Sub-order BATOIDEI. (Bays.) 



(Body depressed. Gill-openings ventral. Tail long. No 

 anal fin. Dorsal fin, if present, on the tail.) 



Fam. LIL RHINOBATIDJE. 



(Trunk passing gradually into the strong and long tail, which 

 is provided -with two dorsal fins and a caudal. Pectorals 

 not extending to the snout.) 



181. Trygonorhina fasciata, Mull and Henle. The Fiddler. 

 A series of obtuse distant tubercles along the median line 



of the back. 

 Gunth. Cat., VIII., p. 400. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 1111. 

 Not uncommon. 



Fam. LIII. TORPEDINIDiE. 



(Trunk a broad smooth disc. Rayed dorsal and caudal fins 

 generally present. An electric organ.) 



182. Narcine Tasmaniensis, Rich. Ekctric Torpedo. 



Disc elliptical. Colour brownish. 

 Gunth. Cat., VIIL, p. 452. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 1112. 

 Length up to six feet. Not common. 



Fam. LIV. RAJIDiE. 



(Disc broad, rhombic, generally rough. Tail with a longi- 

 tudinal fold on each side. Pectorals extending to the snout. 

 No electric organ. No serrated caudal spine.) 



183. Raja Lemprieri, Rich. Thorn-back. 



Spines on the superciliary edge, on the mesial line, between 

 head and humeral cartilage, and a row down middle of 

 tail directed alternately left and right. 



Gunth. Cat. VIIL, p. 463. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 1114. 

 Common. 



Fam. LV. TRYGONID^. 



(Pectoral fins uninterruptedly continued to and confluent at 

 the extremity of snout. Tail armed with spine, but vAih- 

 out lateral longitudinal folds.) 



