PLATE 116 
PLATE XXVI, 
RAIA CLAVATA. 
THORNBACK. 
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 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Body spinous : teeth tuberculated : a strong cartilage across the 
abdomen. 
* 
Raia Clavata ; aculeata, dentibus tuberculosis, cartilagine trans- 
versa abdominali. Linn . Fn. Slice. 293, 
Gmel.p. 1510. sp. 8. 
.. * i ' ,, rauda ordine aculeoium soli - * 
Raja dorso dipterygio aculeis scabro, cauua om 
tario, apice pinnato, lostio acummato. 
Gronev. mus. 1 . 1 40. 
