CHECK-UST OF THE FISH A\'D FISH-I.IKE ANIMALS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 22/ 



39a. U. aurantiacus. Yellow-backed Stingaree. hi. Mull. iV Henle, Plagiost., 1S41, p. 173, 

 pi. 56 ; hi. McCull., Biol. Res. Endeavour iv. 4. 1916, p. 1 7 j , pi pi. (PI. xviii.). 



Commonly taken by tin- trawlersin deeper water. Grows to about 10 inches wide, ami together 

 with the following species, is commonlj sold as Skate. 



39b. I', testaceus. Common Stingaree. Trygonopiera testacea Mull. & Henle, Plagiost., 1841, 



p. 174, pi. 57 ; McCul., Biol. Res Endeavour iv. 4. 1916, p. 174. pi. 50. (PI. xviii.). 



Abundant on sandy flats in shallow water. Grows to about 12 inches wide. 



j9c. U. viridis. Green-backed Stingaree. Id. McCul.. Biol. Pes. Endeavour iv. 4, 1916, 



P 17"- pl. 5 1 - 

 Very commonly taken by the trawlers in deeper water. Crows to about 12 inches wide. 



3gd, U. BUCCULENTUS. SANDY-BACKED STINGAREE. /(/. Macleay. P.L.S. N.S.W., ix., 1885. 



p. 172; Trygonopiera bucculenta Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. 1.. 1800, p. 44. pl. 5. 

 A larger and common species in deeper water, growing to at least [8 inches wide. 



40. I'teroplatea Mull iV Henle, Arch. Naturg. iii. 1, 18^7, p. 400 (altavela). 



40a. 1'. aistrai.is. Rat-tailed Ray. hi. Rams. & Ogil., P.L.S. N.S.W., x., 1886, p. 575; Id. 



McCul., Austr. Zool. i. 4. 1917, p. 89, pl. 10, 3, (Pl. xviii.). 

 Apparently not uncommon in our northern waters, and growing to at least three feet wide. 



XXIII. Family Myliobatidae. 



41. Myliobatis Cuvier, Regne Anim. ii., 1817, p. [37 (aquila). 



41a. M. australis. Eagle Ray. Id. Macleay, P.L.S. N.S.W., vi., 1881, p. 380; Id. McCoy 



Prodr. Zool. Vict. dec. vii., 1882, pl. 63. (PI. xviii.). 

 Not uncommon, and attaining a width of over 4 feet. 



42. Aetobatis Blainville. Bull. Soc. Philom. viii., 1816, p. 112 (narinari.). 



42a. A. narinari. Spotted Eagle Ray. Raia narinari Euphrasen, Vet. Akad. Nya. Handl. 

 xi., 1790, p. 217, pl. 10 ; Day, Fish. India, 1878, p. 743, pl. 104, 4. (Pl. xviii.). 



A tropical species ; only once recorded from our waters. Grows to 6 feet wide. 



XXIV. Family Mobulidae. 



43. Manta Bancroft. Zool. Journ. iv., 1S29, p. 454 {mania). 



43a. M. alfredi. Devil Fish. Ceratoptera alfredi (Krefft), Macleay, P.L.S. N.S.W., vi., 1881 

 p. 381. (Pl. xviii.). 



Imperfectly known from a single specimen, 13 J feet wide, which is preserved in the Australian 

 Museum ; several others are said to have been observed on the coast. The accompanying photograph 

 represents the typical stuffed specimen. 



Order HOLOCEPHALI. 



XXV. Family Chimaeridae. 



44. Chimaera Linne, Syst. Xat. 10th ed., 1758, p. 236 (monstrosa) . 



44a. C. ogilbyi. Ghost Shark. Id. Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. I. , 1899, p. 48, pl. 6. (PI. xvii.). 

 Occasionally taken by the trawlers in moderate depths. Grows to about two feet in length 

 exclusive of the caudal filament. 



