NARCACION MARMORATUS. 305 



Spiracles fringed, on young 



base of the first dorsal half above the bases of the ventrals 



marmorate marmc^atus (page 305) 



ocellate, rarely unspotted .... torpedo (page 306) 

 base of first dorsal wholly above bases of ventrals 

 base of dorsal ending in front of bases of ventrals 



brown with mottlings and spots of Ught and dark 



panthera (page 307) 



spots ocellate suessi (page 308) 



spots small or absent . . fuscomaculatus (page 308) 

 base of dorsal and bases of ventrals ending even 

 brown with irregular large spots and small ones 



sinus-persici (page 309) 

 Spiracles not fringed 



base of first dorsal and bases of ventrals ending even fairchildi (page 310) 

 base of first dorsal half above bases of ventrals . nohilianus (page 310) 

 base of first dorsal above ends of bases of ventrals . californicus (page 311) 

 base of first dorsal with less than half its base above the ventrals 



tokionis (page 312) 



NaRCACION MARMORATUS. 

 Plate 61, fig. 1-3 (embryos); Plate 67, fig. 1-2. 



Narce Belon, 1553, Aquat., p. 90. 



Torpedo Belon, 1553, Aquat., p. 90. 



Torpedo tertia et quarta Rondelet, 1554, Pise, p. 90. 



Torpille Reaumur, 1714, Mem. Acad. sci. Paris, p. 344, pi. 12, f. 1, pi. 13, f. 2; Duhamel, 1782, Traits, 

 4, p. 282, pi. 13. 



Ndrcacion Klein, 1742, Hist, pise, miss., 3, p. 32, no. 3, 4. 



Raia torpedo Linne, 1758, Syst., 1, p. 231 (part). 



Torpedo Walsh, 1773, Philos. trans., 63, p. 461, pi. 19; Hunter, 1773, Philos. trans., 63, p. 481, pi. 20; 

 Pringle, 1775, Discourse on the Torpedo; Cavendish, 1776, Philos. trans., 66, p. 196. 



Electric ray Pennant, 1776, Zool., 3, p. 78, pi. 10, no. 36; Yarrell, 1836, Brit, fishes, 2, p. 410. 



Torpedo marmorata Risso, 1810, Ichth. Nice, p. 20, pi. 3, f. 4, 1826, Hist, nat., 3, Poissons, p. 143, f. 9; 

 Olfers, 1831, Torpedo, p. 14; Henle, 1834, Ueber Narcine, p. 30; Mijller & Henle, 1841, 

 Plagios., p. 128; Dumeril, 1852, Rev. & mag. zool., p. 236; 1865, Elasm., p. 508, GtJNTH., 1870, 

 Cat. fishes Brit, mus., 8, p. 450; Garman, 1888, Bull. M. C. Z., 17, p. 92, pi. 32; Fritsch, 1886, 

 Arch, physiol., p. 367; Sauvage, 1891, Poiss. Madagascar, p. 2. 



Torpedo galvani Risso, 1810, Ichth. Nice, p. 21, pi. 3, f. 5; 1826, Hist, nat., 3, Poissons, p. 144; Bona- 

 parte, 1841, Icon. Fauna Ital., Pesci. 



Torpedo vulgaris Fleming, 1828, Brit, anim., p. 169. 



Torpedo diversicolor Davy, 1834, Philos. trans., 2, p. 550; 1839, Researches, 1, p. 79. 



Torpedo picta Lowe, 1843, Proc. Zool. soc. Lond., p. 93. 



Torpedo trepidans Valenciennes, 1843, Ichth. Canar., p. 101; Dumeril, 1852, Rev. & mag. zool., 

 p. 238; 1865, Elasm., p. 511. 



Torpedo hebetans Valenciennes, 1843, Ichth. Canar., pi. 23, f. 2. 



