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PLATE till. 
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RAJA TORPEDO. 
ELECTRIC RAY. 
****** PISCES CIIONDROPTERYGII. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Spiracles ten, five on each side, oblique, and placed beneath near 
the neck : head small, pointed, not distinct from the breast, with the 
mouth beneath, transverse, and toothed : body thin, depressed, and 
rhombic. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Body entirely smooth. 
Raja Torpedo : tota laevis. Linn. Mus. Fr. 2. p. SO. — Anted. 
gen. 13. syn. 102. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. T. 1. 
p. 3. 1504. 130. sp. 1. Bloch aus. Fisch. 1. 
p. 44. n. 7. t. 122, 3, p. 1 18. 
Raja dorso monopterygio, cauda brevi apice pinnato, lsevis, inermis, 
rostro subobtuso. Gronov. Zooph. n. 1 52. 
”R°Rpille, Duhamelf Lacepede, See. Torpille, Torpede, fr. 
Tremble, and Domiggliose at Bourdeaux, upon 
the coast of Poitou, Gascony, See . — Zitterfisch 
vol. hi. c 
