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teeth. The teeth of the upper jaw longitudinally and transversely 

 convex ; those of the lower jaw flat, scarcely somewhat concave ; teeth 

 of neither jaw occupy the entire breadth. 



Myliobatis nieuhofii, (Bloch-Schn.) 



Aquilee marinse species, Willoughby, 6, Tab. X. Fig. 3 (App.) 



Raja nieuhofii, Bl. Schn. 364. 



Russell, VII. Mookarah Tenkee. 



Raja fasciata, Shaw, V. 286, PI. 143. 



Myliobatis nieuhowii, Cuv. R. A. II. 401 ( 3 ). 



Myliobatis aquila, Bonaparte : Fauna It. Fasc. II. 



Myliobatis nieuhofii, Miiller und Henle, 177. 



Myliobatis nieuhofii, Richardson: Report, 1845, 198. 



Pari klawar of the Malays. 



{Young.) Above yellowish brown, with six or more narrow trans- 

 versal bands of deep bluish purple ; beneath whitish ; tail blackish 

 brown ; posterior half with irregular white spots. Iris golden, pupil 

 vertically elliptical. Teeth pale amber-coloured. 



Habit.— Sea of Pinang, 



Indian Ocean, Coromandel, Chinese and Australian Seas, 

 Mediterranean. 



In the very young the apex of the snout is double the length of the 

 nasal valve. The pectorals are sickle-shaped. The dorsal is triangular, 

 commencing at the root of the tail, and not extending beyond the apex 

 of the ventrals. The length of the body is contained 2f times in the 

 greatest breadth of the disk. The body is naked, and the tail without 

 spine. The tail exceeds four times the length of the body. ' A female, 

 observed at Pinang in May 1845, was of the following dimensions. 



From the snout to the mouth, Of inch. 



„ mouth to the anus, 2f 



Length of the tail, 14f 



From the root of the tail to the dorsal, Of 



From the snout to the eyes, Of 



Distance between the eyes, Of 



Breadth of the nasal valve, Of 



Length of do Of 



Greatest breadth, (between the external angles of the pec- 

 torals,) 8f 



