CHINESE RAY. 



Haja Sinensis, R. rotundafa, fusco-Jlavescens, subius rosea, 



svpra spinis parvis brevibus sparsis. 

 Rounded, yellowish-brown Ray, rose-coloured beneath, mark* 



ed above with small, short, scattered spines. 

 Raie Chinois. Cepede. 



Described by Cepede on the authority of a 

 Chinese drawing : outline nearly orbicular, or as 

 in the Torpedo : head a little pointed : upper sur- 

 face of the animal covered with small, short, scat- 

 tered spines: colour above yellowish brown, be- 

 neath pale rose v tail furnished on each side with a 

 row of short spines, and terminated by a lobed fin. 



Of a lengthened shape. 



Raja Rhinobatos. JR. elongata fusca, rostro producfo, wncft 



acukorum or dine dorsali. 

 Elongated brown Ray, with lengthened snout, and single row 



of dorsal spines. 

 Raja Rhinobatos. R. oblongOj unico acukorum or dine in medio 



dor so. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Rhinobatos seu Squatino-Raja. ^alv. WilL S^c. 



This remarkable species seems from its habit to 

 connect in some degree the genera of Raja and 

 Squalus, the body being much longer than in the 

 preceding kinds of Ray : the snout is lengthened, 

 but not very sharp, and the body, which is moder- 



