102 FISHES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 



Family SQUATINID.E 



(Marine) 



17. Squatina squatina (Linn.) Monkfish. Uncoininon. Summer. 



Family RAJID^ 



(Marine) 



18. Raja erinacea Mitch. Common Skate. Common Resident. 



19. Raja (liaphane.s Mitch. Big Skate. Tolerably common. Sep- 



tember to December 30, probably resident. 



20. Raja eglanteriaBosc. Clear-nosed Skate. Not uncommon. July 



to September. 



21. Raja stahulif oris Garmixn. Barn-door Skate. Common. October 



to June. 



Family NARCOBATIDiE 



(Marine) 



22. T etronar ce ocddentalis {Storer). Torpedo. Accidental. Summer. 



Family DASYATIDiE 

 (Marine) 



23. Dasyatis centrum (Mitch.) Common Sting Ray. Uncommon, 



formerly common. July and later in the year. 



24. Pteroplatea maclura (Le Sueur). Butterfly Ray. Uncommon. 



Family MYLIOBATID.^ 



(Marine) 



25. Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitch.) Cow-nosed Ray. Uncommon. 



Summer and autumn. 



Family ACIPENSERID^ 



(Ascending fresh water streams from the sea.) 

 20. Acipenser sturio Linn. Common Sturgeon. Not uncommon. 

 February to fall. 



27. Acipenser hrevirostrum Le Sueur. Short-nosed Sturgeon. Rare. 



May. 



Family LEPISOSTEID^ 

 (Fresh- water) 



28. Lepisosteus osseiis Linn. Long-nosed Gar. Occasional. 



Family SILURID.E 



29. Felichthys marinas (Mitch.) Gaff-topsail Catfish. Sometimes 



common. August. (Marine). 



30. Galeichthys felis (Linn.) Sea Catfish. Rare. (Marine). 



