286 FASCIATED RAY. 



Dr. Russel about those of Coromandel, and long 

 ago by Marcgrave about those of Brasil. The last- 

 mentioned author informs us that it grows to a very 

 large size, is in considerable esteem as a food, and 

 that one fish is sufficient to dine forty persons. 



FASCIATED RAY. 



Raja Fasciata. R. grisea, falcato-dilatata, fasciis transversis. 



cc^ruleisj cauda longa tenui inermi. 

 Grey Ray^ of a falciform-dilated shape^ with transverse blue 



bands^ and long, slender, unarmed tail. 

 Aquilae marinae species. Will, append, t. 10. f, 3. 

 Mookarah Tenkee. Russ. ind. t. 7. 



Of similar shape and appearance with the Aquila 

 and guttata, but rather more dilated towards the 

 tips of the pectoral fins, which, as in the two pre- 

 ceding, are sharp-pointed and subfalcated : colour 

 above cinereous, with several broad, transverse, 

 blue bands, of different shades: beneath pale brown: 

 tail of similar shape w^ith that of the Aquila and 

 guttata, but, so far as hitherto observed, not fur- 

 nished with a spine. 



