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i> L A T E CX IV. 
RAJA RADI AT A. 
STARRY RAY. 
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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 
tnouth beneath, transverse, and toothed : body thin, depressed, and 
fhombic. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Spines on the upper surface large and divergent into radiated pro- 
cesses at the base : a single series of large subconic spines down the 
back and tail. 
Raja radiata : supta aculeata: aculeis magnis Lasi divergenti- 
bus radiatis, dorso caudaque ordine unico acule- 
orum subconitorum. 
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This is a new species of Ray, and one the most singular of 
its tribe at present known. The figure in the annexed plate repie- 
sents this fish in its natural size. It was caught on the north coast 
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