FISHES. CARTILACtJNEI. 36. Raja. Hi 



134. R. Oxyritwhus. Cinereous, -with pale ami dusky va- 

 riations : snout elongated, pointed : back and tail 

 with a single row of spinous tubercles. 



Sharp-nofed Ray. Shaw Zoo/, v. p. 276. tab. 138. 



Body. 6 or 7 feet long, white beneath, with 3 fpines round each 

 eye, and many foft ones over the whole body : back with 10 fpines, 

 and often a larger -one s : fins and tail blackish red : ventral and 

 anal short, fomewhat falcate : tail clavate, fringed with. 2 fmall 

 membranous fins, with 2 fins near the end, and in the male often, 

 armed with a row of fmall fpines each side. 



1 35. R. Fullonica. Grey spatted with black : back cover- 

 ed with spines : eyes with a single row, and* ftail with 

 a double row of spines- 

 Fuller's Ray. Br. Zool. iii. p. 86. n. 33. Shaw v. p.. ^75. 



Body growing to a large size : fnout pointed, the nictitant mem- 

 brane fringed: tee.lk fmalJ, sharp: pectoral-fins- with 3 rows'08 

 crooked fpines above : tail slender, longer thaa the body with a 

 double (triple, Perm.) row of fpines. Is probably a variety of 

 the next. 



136. R. Rutins. Yellowish, with dusky spots : snout 

 short, pointed : back with a single row, and tail with 

 a triple row of spines. 



Rough Ray. Donovan's Brit. Fishes,, tab. 20. 



Body growing large, with feveral other fpines about, the eyes and 

 on the back, besides the row of larger-ones : eyes placed far back, 

 pupil bluish, iris black : mouth wide, with numerous wedge-shaped 

 teeth : ventral and anal-fins short, the former 3-rayed, the latter 6, 

 and near thefe io the male are 2 long fin-like appendages : tail sle.n. 

 der, nearly as long as the body with 2 fins, the last terminal. 



131. It. chagrinea. Above grey-brown and tubercled : 

 snout and tail with a triple row of spines. 



Shagreen Ray. Br. Zool. \\\. p. 87. Shaw Zool. v. p. 281. 



Body growing large, covered with minute shagreen-like tubercles* 

 snout long, sharp : pupil faphyrine, with a femicircular row of fpines 

 at the corner: tail \i\lh. 2 rows, of slender fmall fpines reaching a 

 little up the back. 



138. R. Miraletus. Grey-brown, spotted, with a large 

 ocellate spot each side: eyes with a single row, and 

 tail with a triple row of spines. 



Mirrour Ray. Donov. Brit. Fishes t. 103. Shazv v. t. 139. 



Body about the size of the Thornback* grey-brown and rough 

 above, with brown and blue fpots : snout taper, pointed : pectoral-fins 

 each marked with a large ocellate fpot furrounded with a dark- 

 brown ring, the iris of which is whitish or pale blue, the pupil 

 dark-brown : eyes with a single row of fpines on the inside : tail 

 with two rounded-oblong fins at the end. 



C. Body rhombic, with blunt teeth. 



139. R. clavata. Yellowish-grey, spotted : snout rather 

 pointed : body covered with clavate prickles, besides 

 a single row of claw-like-ones down the back and 

 tail, 



Thornback. Br. Zool. t. 11. 12. Donovan t. 26. Shaw v. ^. 139. 



Body growing to 12 feet long, brownish w.ith white fputs, cr 

 whitish with dusky fpots, tubercled, clothed with fpines above and 

 underneath, which when they fall off leave a white fpot : belly 

 crossed with a strong femilunar cartilage : head rather long, 

 pointed : teeth fmall, round : iris femilunar, brown : tail loheer 

 & 2, 



