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produced; eyes prominent; interorbital narrow, about one-third snout; mouth small, waved, situated 

 midway between tips of snout and fifth gill slit; ventrals long, narrow, outer margin rounded; tail with 

 a thin narrow flap along lower outer margin. 



Color. — Upper surface tilleul buff, marked with regular rosettes of small black or dark brown spots, 

 six or more around a central one ; six or seven rosettes arranged at regular intervals along upper siuf ace 

 of tail, one of these at origin of first dorsal, another at origin of second dorsal; ventral surface white. 



On September 2, 1914, the Fish Hawk collected a female 25 cm. long, with 8-foot beam trawl, at 

 station 8244 in 66 fathoms of water, and two young males 19.5 and 21 cm. long at station 8245 in 100 to 

 1 1 1 fathoms of water. These stations were about 36 to 40 miles east-southeast of Cape Lookout Light. 

 This species has previously been taken only in deep water oil the coast of Florida. 



25. Raja eglanteria Bosc in Lac6p6de. Clear-nose ray; brier ray. 



fRaia liBvis, Yarrow, 1877, p. 217; Jordan and Gilbert. 1879, p. 387 (after Yarrow): Jenkins, 1887. p. 84 (.-ifter Yarrow). 

 Raja eglanteria. Smith, 1907, p. 42, fig. 9; Gudger, 1910. p. 398: id., 1913a, p. 10; Coles. 1914, p. 92. 



Teeth. — In a male 55 cm. (22^^ inches) long, in — rows, arranged in regular, parallel rows across the 



dental plate. Teeth small with a smal4 conical cusp, resting on a broad circular base, anterior margin 

 of each tooth overlapping the posterior basal margin of the tooth immediately in front of it; in front of 

 moutli the cusps are erect, rather blunt at tip; in the back of the mouth they are much longer, recurved, 

 sharp-pointed at tip; 8 to 10 teeth in each row functioning. 



Teeth in a female 43.1 cm. (17 inches) long to posterior base of first dorsal (rest of tail lost), in — 



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 rows; rows closer together, the flaring base of each tooth occupying part of the upper space between two 



adjacent teeth in each row, in quincunx; teeth in front of mouth with flaring edges, the margin being 

 continuous \7ith that of anterior basal portion of tooth, and forming a rhomboidal grinding surface ; under- 

 neath, between the backward projecting cusp with its flaring basal expansion and the posterior base 

 of the tooth there is a distinct groove into which the base of the follo^ving tooth fits; farther back on 

 the jaws some of the teeth more closely resemble the male, except that the cusp has a slight basal 

 expansion compressed to a sharp ctitting edge which is continuous with the anterior margin of the tooth. 



Armature cf the skin. — In the male there is a patch of tentacula opposite the eyes near margin of disk, 

 and a narrow, elongate intramarginal band at widest part of disk, tips of tentacula inclined toward 

 medianlineof back; in front of and along inner margin of eye and spiracle there is a row of small tubercles; 

 another of larger tubercles extends along the median line of the back to the second dorsal, two or three 

 on each shoulder and a row along each side of dorsal surface of tail. Small, sharp-pointed spinules are 

 scattered along rostral ridge; those at the tip of snout being enlarged, tuberclelike; others are present 

 along outer pectoral margin, on shoulders, between rows of tubercles on tail and on under side of snout, 

 backward to opposite mouth; rest of body smooth. 



In a young male, 8 inches in length, the patches of enlarged tentacula opposite eyes and near outer 

 margin of disk are absent. Tubercles over eyes, on shoulders, along median line of back and in three 

 rows on tail prominent, sharp-pointed, recurved; dorsal surface everywhere studded with small spinules; 

 on clear space on either side of rostral cartilage they are scatteringly present. 



In the female the tentacula are absent; spinules scattered over dorsal surface; on the tail between 

 the rows of tubercles they are enlarged, some of them nearly as large as the tubercles. 



The R. li^vis of Yarrow, reported as common, is believed to be this species. The species is common 

 along the banks in the spring and is not rare at offshore stations at other seasons. There are no records 

 of examples taken in the harbor. 



26. Raja stabuliforis Garman. Smooth skate. 



Rajalisrvis, Linton, 1905. p. 346; Smith, 1907. p. 41; Coles, 1914. p. 92. 



Teeth. — Teeth in the female in — rows, exposed surface of tooth rounded, posterior margin with a 



small but distinct cusplike projection; in the functioning teeth the exposed stuface is subcircular, the 

 cusplike projection being entirely worn away. 



Teeth in the male, in — rows, a long sharp-pointed thomlike cusp extends outward and backward 



from the subcircular base of each tooth; at tlie sides of the jaws the cusp is in the same plane as basal 

 portion'; exposed area of tooth ovate in outline. 



