110 FISHES. CART1LAGINEI. 35-36. 



the fecond clofe to it, and rather triangular : tail fomewhat 

 rounded. 



129. P.Jluviatilis. Dusky-blue, beneath silvery: fins 

 violet ; the second dorsal-fin angular and united to 

 the tail. 



Lampern. Br. Zool. iii. f. 8. Donovan t. 54. 



Body \o or 12 inches long, marked above with tranfverfe undu- 

 late lines : mouth with 3 rows of teeth, the outer of which consists 

 of a larger forked tooth each side, the fecorrd of 2 trifid ones, and 

 the inner-row of 7 fmall ones with a detacheddouble-one each side, 

 and feveral irregular ones forward : iris golden t first dorfal*jin an- 

 gular, and remote from the fecond ; the fecond angular and con- 

 nected with the tail which is rather pointed. 



130. P. branchialis. Pale, beneath white, annulate : 

 mouth lobed each side beneath : second dorsal-fin 

 even, and connected with the tail. 



Pride. Br. ZooL iii. f. 8. Plot Oxfordsh.p. 182. t. to. 



Body 7 or 8 inches long, and about the thicknefs Of a Swan's 

 quill, pale olive-green above, yellowish at the sides, white beneath, 

 marked with annular worm-like-lines : mouth without teeth: fe- 

 cond dorsal-Jin not raifed in tbe middle into an angular projection, 

 and hardly a line broad : tail lanceolate, pointed. 



35. GASTROBRANCHUS. Hag-fish. 



131. G. ccecus. Livid, beneath paler: mouth <with 8 

 beards. 



Glutinous Hag, Br. Zool. iv.t. 20. Shaw Zool. v. t. 131. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, a little reddish towards the tail, carinate 

 beneath, without eyes, nostrils, fcales or lateral-line, very glutinous: 

 mouth oblong, with 2 beards each side, and 4 at top, with a fmall 

 fpiracle furnished with a valve in front : teeth orange, in a double 

 row each side like a pectinate bone, the upper-rows of 9 and the 

 lower of 8, with a single curved tooth in the middle of the roof: 

 belly with a longitudinal row of pores each side : tail with a narrow 

 fin beginning from the lower-part of the back and reachirrg round 

 to the vent. 



36. RAJA. Ray. 

 A. Of a rounded shape. 



132. R. Torpedo. Brownish, quite smooth, with scattered 

 pores each side on the back. 



Electric Ray. Br. Zool. iii. t. 10. Donov. t. 53. Shaw v. t. 146. 



Body 2 feet long or more, nearly circular, with fometimes 5 round 

 dusky fpots each side, beneath whitish : eyes fmall, near togv 

 with a radiate orifice behind each : mouth fmall, with "m"imite-fhfli t 

 teeth : ventral-fins below the body, rounded: dorsal-Jim 2, near the 

 tail, obtufe : tail longish, even rind oblique at the end. 



B. Of a rhombic form, with sharp teeth. 



133. R. Batis. Cinereous varied with black, beneath white 

 * dotted with black : back smooth : tail with a single 



row of spines. 



Skate, Brit. Zool, iii. t. 9. Shaw Zool. v. t. 136. 



Body growing to a large size, with numerous hooked fpines 

 round the eyes, and in the males the fins are full of fpines .- head 

 pointed: iris femilunar, yellow edged with white -jaws covered 

 ; w ith minute sharp teeth : ventral-Jins lobed, 6-rayed ; anal long, 

 clavate, 6-rayed; ta// pointed, with 2 fins near the end, and a sharp 

 Tpine or two on the sides. 



