926 i'FISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 70. Raia- 
Inhabits the northern European feas and the Mediterraitf<^^ ’ 
abput 20 pounds weight ; body above varying in 
jometinies with 15 round, black fpots each fide, bene* ^ 
white, with inoift pores at the edge ot the back ; is endo"^^ 
with a ftrong cleftric power, and able to give a very i” 
‘ fmartbenunibingfliock, which is communicated even throi^S* 
a (tick ; flefh loft. 
Eyes very fmall ; teeth fmall ; iody orbicular ; dorjal fins 
near the tail ; tail fmall, long, carinate each fide, the fin 
o 3 obliquely. 
*Batis, 
*Oxyrin- 
chus. 
V aried ; middle of the back fmooth ; tail with a 
row of fpines. 
Inliabits the European ocean, and is the largeft of its 
body above cinereous, fometimes with a few black line*.- 
ncath white, with waved lines of black dots ; round the e) 
are numerous Imall, booked fpines ; in the males the fins “ 
full of fpines. 
Head pointed; iris fcmilunar, yellow, edged with 
jams crowded with teeth ; ventral and anal fms each 6'^' 
ed ; tail pointed, with s fins. 
Varied ; middle of the back wdth 10 fpinoiis tubercles* « 
Sharf-nojei^'. 
Inhabits the European and Mediterranean feas; jv/eet Inn.^ 
body very thin, above cinereous, with a few white 
fpots, beneath white ; round each eve are g fpines, and 
rous other loft ones over the wliole body ; back, befiti'-* * 
row of fpines, often with 2 larger ones ; tail and fins 
ifh-red. 
Head pointed ; jams crowded with teeth ; tail fringed 
fmall inembranaceous fins, and in the male often arrncfi 
a row of fpines each fide. 
Miraletus. Back and belly fmooth ; fpines near the eyes, and a 
row of them on the tail. jl, 
Inliabits the Mediterranean j .body above and each wing ^ 
an ocellate fpot. 
*Fullonu:a Back covered with fpines ; eyes with a fmgle row, 
* _ fins and tail with a triple row'.. 
