414 IIAIIDM. 



CHONDROPTERYGIL 



UAUD/E 



Lsrai 



X 





LONG-NOSED SKATE. 



SHAGREEN BAY. 



Raia chagrinea. 



Shagreen 



Ray, 



Montagu, Wern. Mem. vol. ii. p. 42( 

 pi. 21. 



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,, 



,, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 117, 



,, aspera, 



,, 



,, 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 172, sp. 25. 



,, chagrinea, 



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>j 



Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 513, sp. 202, 



,, mucronata. Long-nosed Skate, Couch's, MS. 



Generic Characters. — Form of the body rhomboidal, very much depressed ; 

 tail long and slender, generally armed on the upper surface with one or more 

 rows of sharp spines ; two small fins near the end of the tail, and sometimes a 

 small terminal or caudal fin ; the eyes and temporal orifices on the upper sur- 

 face of the head ; nostrils, mouth, and branchial apertures, beneath ; teeth 

 flattened, lozenge-shaped, the inner angle elongated in old males. 



The Rays, or Skate, as they are popularly called, are 

 remarkable for the rhomboidal form and consequent breadth 



