PISCES. 13 



SELACHII. BATOIDEI. 



RAJIDAE. 



26. Raja laevis Mitchill. 

 Barndoor skate. 



Mitchill, Amer. month, mag. & crit. rev., 1817, vol. 2, p. 327. 

 "New York." Goode & Bean, Oceanic ichth., 1896, p. 28, 

 pi. 9, fig. 29. Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 

 1896, pt. 1, p. 71. 



Raia laevis ]\Iitchill. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1867, vol. 9, 

 p. 242, pi. 39, fig. 2. 



Me.— Eastport (U. S. nat mus., 1872); Casco Bay (Kendall 

 coll. 1896). 



Mass.— New Bedford (Storer 1839); Massachusetts Bay 

 (Storer 1863; Garman 1874); Waquoit (Lyman 1872); Woods 

 Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898) ; Nantucket (Sharp & Fowler 

 1904). 



R. I.— (Tracy 1906). 



Conn.— (Linsley 1844); Noank (Goode 1879). 



NARCOBATIDAE. 



27. Tetronarce occidentalis (Storer). 

 Torpedo; Numbfish; Crampfish, 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 77; 1900,pt. 4,pl. ll,fig.33. 



Torpedo occidentalis Storer, Amer. journ. sci., 1843, vol. 44, p. 

 165, pi. 3. "Massachusetts." Mem. Amer. acad., 1867, vol. 

 9, p. 247, pi. 39, fig. 5. 



. Me.— Off Seguin; Casco Bay (Smith & Kendall 1897). 



Mass. — Truro (Storer 1839); Chilmark 3 miles from Gay Head 

 (Storer 1847); Provincetown (Storer 1843, 1845, 1845b and 1863); 

 Wellfleet (Storer 1839, 1843?, 1843 and 1863). Thatchers Island; 



