TION. 



116 FULLER RAY. Class IV. 



4. Fuller. Raia fullonica. Rondel. 357- leorum ordine simplici ad 



Gesnerpisc. 7p7. oculos, duplici in cauda. 



Raia aspera nostras, the white Arted. Syn. 101. Gronov. 



horse. Wil. Ichth. 78. Rail Zooph. No. 155. 



Syn. pise. 26. La Raie chardon. De la Ce- 



Raia fullonica. Gm. Lin. 1507. P e de Hist, des Poissons, i. 



Raia dorso toto aculeato, acu- 78. 



JL HIS species derives its Latin name from the 

 instruments fullers make use of in smoothing 

 cloth, the back being rough and spiny. 

 Descrip- The nose is short and sharp ; at the corner of 

 each eye are a few spines ; the membrane of 

 nictitation is fringed; the teeth small, and 

 sharp ; on the upper part of the pectoral fins 

 are three rows of spines pointing towards the 

 back, crooked, like those on a fuller's instru- 

 ment ; on the tail are three rows of spines, the 

 middle of which reaches up part of the back ; 

 the tail is slender, and rather longer than the 

 body. The color of the upper part of the body 

 is cinereous, usually marked with numerous' 

 black spots j the lower part is white. This, as 

 well as most other species of Rays, vary a little 

 in color, according to age. 



It grows to a size equal to the Skate ; and is 

 common at ScarborougJi, where it is called the 

 White Hans, or Gullet. 



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