Size. 
Defer, 
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The back fin is not angular like that of the form-_ 
er, but of an equal breadth. The tail is lanceolated, 
and fharp at the end. 
Genus V. Body broad, flat, and thin. 
Five apertures on each fide 
placed beneath : 
Mouth fituated quite below. Ray. 
* With fharp teeth, 
Bi ne. 5) A es 
Batis? Arif. Hift. an. lib. 1. RaiaBatis. Lin. ff. 395. 
c. 5. lb. vi. c. 10. Oppian Raia varia, dorfo medio gla- 
Halieut. I. 103. bro, unico aculeorum ording. 
Raia andulata five cinerea. in cauda. Arted. fynon. 
Rondel. 346. Gefuer pifc. 791. 102. 
The Skate, or Flaire. Wil. Icth. Gronov. Zooph. No. 15% 
69. Raii fn. pife. 25. 
HIS fpecies is the thinneft in proportion to its 
bulk of any of the genus, and alfo the 
largeft, fome weighing near two hundred pounds. 
The nofe, tho’ not long, is fharp pointed; above- 
the eyes is a fet of fhort fpines: the whole upper 
part of that we examined was of a pale brown. 
Mr. Rey fays, fome he faw were ftreaked with 
black : the lower part is white, marked with 
great numbers of minute black fpots. The jaws 
werecovered with {mall granulated but fharp-point- 
ed teeth. 
The 
