FISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 70. Raia. 927 
Inhabits the European Teas ; grows to a large fize ; body above 
cinereous, with numerous black fpots, beneath while. 
Snout fhort, pointed; niCEUmt membrane fringed; teeth Imali, 
{harp ; tail flendcr. 
Back with a fingle, tall with a triple row of fplnes. 
Rough R, 
Inhabits Europe : befides the row of fpines on the back are ^ 
others, 6 round the eyes and 2 larger at the noltnls with 
leller ones round them'; at the dorfal fins are numerous leiler 
i'pincs, beneath 10 larger, and the whole Ihrface bclet with 
innumerable tubercles ; body 2bove yeliowiQi, Ipottcd wiin 
brown, beneath white. t, , u 
i:y« placed fill- back, pupil blueifli, ins black • wide ; 
teeth numerous, wedged; ventral 3 6-rayed and 
near thefe, in the male, are 2 long appendages hanging down 
and rcfcmbling lins. 
B. Teeth obtu/e. 
Body nearly round ; tail twice as long as the body, winged 
^beneath, and with 2 long fpi.nes aDove, ferrate each 
Inhibit; the Red Sea : is fo large as fometimes to reach 3 yards 
acrofs- body above brown, wub 3 rows of large he.ni - 
" pheric’al tub^ercles down the middle of the back, beneath 
ouitc ilat and - fmooth, reddiih-white. 
Eyl prominent; nojinls nearly longitudinal, nearly covered 
•^1,-ith a fubcordate coriaceous j granuhte quite 
:"tir K’aie^ 
IhT vlnt and are affi-^ed to the origin of the tail, vvith conic 
coriaceous appendages (in the male) ; t ml tuberculate above, 
gmdually tapering bclrind the three fpiiies, and rough with 
a longitudiml line of fmall prickles; membranaceous 
black, pendulous, oblong-lanceolate. 
Ttnrlv fmooth ■ pinnate tail with a long ferrate fpine. 
i'cus;" dm ’liver'll eatable, and gives a large quantity 
of oil. 
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