PUTfe 115 
PLATE XCIX. 
RAJA PASTINACEA, 
STING RAT. 
*** PISCES CHONDROPTERYGII. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Spiracles ten, five on each fide, 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 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Tail finless, and armed with a serrated spine. 
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Raja Pastinacea : cauda apterygia, aculea sagittato. Bloch. 
Fisch. Deutschl. 3. p. 12. n. 4. t. 82. 
Raja Pastinacea: corpore glabro, aculeo longo ariterius serrato 
in cauda et dorso apterygio. Linn. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. 
p. 51. Acted, gen. 71. Syn. 100. Mull, prodr. 
Zool. dan. p. 37. n. 310. — Gmel. Syjl. Nat. T. 1. 
p. 3. 1509. 
Raja cauda sagittata. Faster, op. sub. sec. 2. p. 33. t. 4. f. 5 — 10. 
Rastinaca Marina. Jo?ist. pise. p. 32. t. 9./. 7. 
Rastinaca Marina nostra. Aldr. pife. p.‘ 42&. 
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