S6 F U L L E R R A Y. Class IV. 



mixed with white, and fpotted with black; and 

 entirely covered with fmall fpines. On the tail 

 were three rows of great fpines : all the reft of 

 the tail was irregularly befet with lefTer. 



The fins, and under fide of the body were 

 equally rough with the upper. 



The teeth were flat, and rhomboidal. 



33. Fuller. P^aia fullonica. Rondel. 357. Raia dorfo toto acnleato, acu- 



Gefner pi/c. 797. leorum ordine fimplici ad 



Raia afpera noflras, the white oculos, duplici in cauda. 



horfe. Wil. Icih. 78. Rail Arted. fyn. loi. Grono'u, 



fyn. pifc. 26. Zooph, No. 155, 



Raia fullonica. Lin, fyfl. 



THIS fpecies derives its Latin name from 

 the inftruments fullers make ufe of in 

 fmoothing cloth, the back being rough and fpiney. 



The nofe is fhort and fharp. At the corner of 

 each eye a few fpines. The membrane of nidita- 

 tion is fringed. Teeth fmali, and fharp. 



On the upper part of the perioral fins are three 

 rows of fpines pointing towards the back, crook- 

 ed, like thofe on a fuller's inftrument. 



On the tail are three rows of ilrong fpines : 

 the middle row reaches up part of the back. The 

 tail is flender, and rather longer than the body. 



The color of the upper part of the body i^ 

 cinereous, marked ufually with numerous blacl^ 



fpots : 



