FISHES 



taken on a long line forty miles south of the 

 Mewstone in 1896, and is described in the 

 Journ. M.B.A. iv. 264. 



165. Angel Fish, or Monk Fish. Rh'ma 



squatina, Linn. 

 Common. Frequently taken in trawls and 

 in seines. 



166. Torpedo. Torpedo nobiliana, Bonap. 

 Several specimens have been taken. One 



Vf2& recorded from Beer in 1879, and speci- 

 mens have been obtained from time to time 

 at the Plymouth Laboratory. 



167. Common Skate. 

 Common. 



Rata bath, Linn. 



168. Flapper Skate. Raia macrorhynchus, 



Raf. 



Day states that he has obtained it at Ply- 

 mouth. 



169. White Skate, Burton Skate, or Bordered 



Ray. Raia alba, Lac^p. 

 A specimen over 6 feet in length and 5 ft. 

 I in. across the wings was obtained at Ply- 

 mouth in February 1892. 



170. Long-nosed Skate. 

 Linn. 

 Probably occurs. 



Raia oxyrhynchus. 



171. Shagreen Ray. Raia fullonica, Linn. 



Montagu recorded several from the coast 

 of Devon. 



172. Thornback Ray. Raia clavata, Linn. 

 Common. 



173. Spotted Ray, or Homelyn Ray. Raia 



maculata, Montagu. 

 Common. 



174. Blonde. Raia blanda. Holt and Cal- 



derwood. 

 A species formerly confounded with Raia 

 maculata. 



175. Painted Ray. Raia microcellata, Mon- 



tagu. 

 Probably occurs. 



176. Cuckoo Ray or Sandy Ray. Raia 



circularis. Couch. 

 Occurs at Plymouth. 



177. Sting Ray. Trygon pa stinaca, hinn. 

 Two small specimens were trawled off 



Plymouth in January 1898, several off Sal- 

 combe a few days previously. The fish was 

 well known to the local fishermen. 



178. Eagle Ray, or Whip Ray. Myliobatis 



aquila, Linn. 

 Specimens recorded as taken at Torbay and 

 Plymouth. A specimen was taken with the 

 sting rays above mentioned off Plymouth in 

 1898. A specimen was also obtained in 

 November 1894, which measured 3 ft. 6 in. 

 in extreme length, and 2 ft. i in. across the 

 pectoral fins. The species is viviparous, the 

 ' purse ' attributed to it by Couch really be- 

 longing to a species of Raia, 



CYCLOSTOMES 



179. Sea Lamprey. Petromyzon marinus, 



Linn. 

 Day suggests that it occurs in the Torridge 

 in north Devon. Has been recorded from 

 the county of a length of 3 feet. 



180. Lampern, or River Lamprey. Petromy- 



zon fluviatilis, Linn. 

 According to Parfitt they were common in 

 the Exe, Axe and Plym. 



181. Planer's Lamprey, or Mud Lamprey- 



Petromyzon branchialis, Linn. 

 Probably common. 



CEPHALOCHORDA 



182. Lancelet. Branchiostoma lanceolatum. 



Pall. 

 Undoubtedly occurs in sandy localities. 

 Small specimens were taken at the surface 

 near Plymouth in 1895. 



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