SHAGREEN RAY. 



row of spines along the tail, and a groupe at the 

 four angles of the body : in the female three rows 

 on the tail : native of the Mediterranean. 



MARGINED RAY. 



Raja Marginata. R. iestacea, suhtus alhida margine lato n/'gro. 

 Pale-ferruginous Ray^ white beneath with a broad black border. 

 Raja marginata. Cepede. 



Size rather small : shape like that of the preced- 

 ing : colour above pale bay; beneath whitish, with 

 a very broad black margin : on the tail three rows 

 of spines, and behind each eye a single spine. Na- 

 tive of the Mediterranean. 



SHAGREEN RAY. 



Raja Chagrinea. R. supra tubcrculataj rostra caudaque serk 



aculeoriim tripUcL 

 Ray with the body tuberculated above, and with a triple row 



-of spines on the tail. 

 Shagreen Ray. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



Body less broad in proportion than in most 

 others of this division : snout long anr" pointed, 

 and furnished with two rows of spines : several 

 others are placed in a semicircle towards the eyes, 

 of which the iris is sapphire-coloured : both sides 

 of the tail are armed with numerous smaller ones : 

 the whole upper surface of the animal is roughened 

 by numerous small granules like those on the skin 

 of some of the shark-tribe, and particularly of the 



