200 TUBERCULATED RAY. 



pearl-formed tubercles instead of three: tail fur- 

 nished with a sharp spine and a fin beneath, as in 

 the former. Native of the Indian seas. 



TUBERCULATED RAY. 



Raja Tuberculata. R. dorso caudaque aculeis suhohtusis, de- 



pressisj distantibus nitidis. 

 Ray with subobtuse,, distant^ depressed, glossy spines down 



the back and tail. 

 Raja tuberculata. Cepede. 



Described by Cepede : general form like that of 

 the Thornback, &c. along the back, and down the 

 tail, at considerable distances from each other, run 

 several strong but short spines, with very broad 

 bases, which have a kind of glossy or enamelled 

 appearance : on the region of the fins are disposed 

 pretty numerous small round tubercles: the tail, 

 which is long and slender, is furnished, exclusive of 

 the distant short spines before-mentioned, with a 

 very long and serrated one^ as in the Sting Raj^, 

 but v/ith larger and more distinctly marked ser- 

 ratures, resembling the teeth of a saw : colour un- 

 certain. Native of the South-American seas. 



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