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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
127. Carcharhinus terrae-novas (Eicliardson). White Shark. 
Cape Sable Creek ; Marco ; Gasparillas. A common shark about the Keys and 
southwest coast. Captured several specimens ou shark line. 
SPHYRNIDiB. 
128. Sphyrna tiburo (Linnseus). Bonnet-head Shark. 
Charlotte Harbor. Captured a small one with the seine of the Grmnpus at Boca 
Grande, Charlotte Harbor. 
129. Spliyrna zygasna (Linnaeus). Hammer-head Shark. 
Card’s Sound ; Florida Bay. Saw several ou the southern coast between the Keys 
and mainland. Caught a small one with the grains at Cottonwood Key. 
TRYGOWIDiB. 
130. Trygon sayi (Le Sueur). Sting Ray ; Stingaree. 
West coast of Florida. Abundant in all shallow bays on the west coast. Caught 
a number in Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay. 
MYLIOBATIDiE. 
131. Stoasodon narinari (Euphrasen). Spotted Ray. 
Captured one specimen in Lemon Bay which I took to be this species. Disk 
much broader than long; tail four times the length of disk; color olivaceous, with 
small grayish white spots. 
132. Rhinoptera quadriloba (Le Sueur). Cow-nosed Ray. j j 
A young ray was grained in Barnes’ Sound, presumably of this species. Disk - 
much broader than long ; snout apparently four-lobed ; tail slender, as long as disk, 
with serrated spine. A larger one, apparently of this species, was also seen in shallow : 
water near Cape Sable. 
CEPHALOPTERIDiB. 
133. Manta birostris (Walbaum). Devil-fish. 
Bocilla Pass; Punta Eassa; Tampa Bay. Saw a .school of young devil-fish in the j 
Gulf near Bocilla Pass. They passed within a few feet of my boat, so near that this ■ 
well-marked species could hot be mistaken for anything else. They were about 2 feet ; 
across the pectorals. Also saw a school of large ones, off Punta Eassa, that would | 
measure from 10 to 20 feet across disk. Captured a small one in the seine at Tampa | 
Bay. j 
LBPISOSTEIDiE. . 
134. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Garfish. 
Estero Bay. Took a specimen 3 feet in length on the east side of Estero Bay, : 
near the mouth of a brackish stream. i 
AMIIDiB. ' 
135. Amia calva Linnaeus. Mudfish. — j 
Tampa. Saw a number in Hillsborough Eiver at Tampa, and several that had | 
been caught by a negro while fishing. 
