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SHAGREEN RAY. 
ROUGH FLAPPER. FRENCH RAY. DUN COW. 
Uaia asp era nostras, 
“ fullonica, 
‘ aspera, 
“ cliagrinea,. 
Willoughby; p. 78. . 
LiNNiEus. Tarhell; Br. Fishes, 
vol. ii., p. 578. 
Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 172. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 513. 
This species appears to be more frequently taken on the coasts 
of Scotland than on the south or west portions of the British 
Islands; hut it has heen obtained in Ireland; and in Devon- 
shire. Mr. William Thompson informs me of its occurrence at 
Weymouth, and our figure is from an example caught on the 
south coast of Cornwall; but in the last-named districts it is 
of rare occurrence. Its peculiar habits, as distinguished from 
those of other Rays, appear to have been little noticed; but 
we believe it will be found that the rarer species of this tribe 
are not more frequently caught, arises from the fact, that the 
usual baits of fishermen are not suited to their appetite. The 
snout of this fish projects considerably, and the outline is waved 
as it proceeds to the extremities of the pectoral fins; the greatest 
breadth being behind the middle of the disk. The ventral fins 
are rather narrow; the tail stout and tapering, with two dorsal 
fins close together near its termination. Eyes rather large, as 
are the spiracles close behind them. The skin is covered with 
granulations, which differ greatly from the spines or prickles 
which sometimes cover the skin of the Thornback Ray or Cuckoo 
Ray. Our example being a male is better armed with spines 
than the female may be supposed to be. A row encircles each 
eye; a lengthened bed of them is on the disk near the widest 
expansion of the pectoral fins; a line of spines more obscurely 
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