AMPHIBIA NANTES. RAJA. 
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No. VIII. 
Raja ocellata; capite magno , exerto; rostro breve , sub-lrigono; cor pore glabro, lateribus fut in 
R. AquilaJ in angulum acutum desinentibus ; pinna dorsi unica; cauda longissima, apterygia , 
spina munita. 
The ocellated Raja, with a large projecting head, and short, sub-trigonal snout; the body 
smooth, and the sides expanding, as in the R. Aquila, end in a sharp angular point: 
one dorsal fin; the tail extremely long, without fin, but armed with a spine. 
Called by the Natives Eel Tenkee. 
The body of this large Raja is exactly of the form of the Raja Aquila; but the head is flatter, projects more from 
the body, and, together with the rostrum, is somewhat trigonal: the rostrum short, soft, turning up a little at 
the point. The eyes large and protuberant, the pupil with a lateral direction; the foramina of a horn-form, with 
the crooked ends downwards. The mouth and nostrils below. The jaws dissimilar: the lower arched, narrow, 
and projecting beyond the wider immovable upper jaw; the edges of both are smooth, without teeth. 
The wings, or lateral fins, on the posterior edge are fringed. The orbicular ventral fins, and the small 
dorsal fin, are also fringed. The solitary spine is at the top of the tail, immediately below the dorsal fin. 
The tail, is of great length, tapering to a very fine point, and of a darker colour than the body. The colour, 
of the head and body, a dark ash; the latter spotted with numerous small, round, white spots, edged with 
black; the belly white. 
Feet. Indies. 
The length, from the rostrum to the tail, - - - o 10 
of the tail - -- -- -- -- 5 2 
from tip to tip, of the wings - - - 2 10 
distance of the eyes - -- -- - o 5§- 
No. IN. 
Raja capite lato , depresso, rostro Innalo, inter duos processus cartilaginosos, ab capitis lateribus 
fvelut auresj exertos ; cor pore glabro, alato ; dorso monopterygio ; cauda brevissimci, gracile, 
inermi. 
The Raja with a broad, depressed head; a lunated rostrum, between two cartilaginous 
processes projecting from the sides of Jhe head, in the manner of long ears; the 
body smooth, winged; a single dorsal fin; the tail most remarkably short, slender, 
without spine. 
Called by the Natives Ereegoodoo Tenkee. 
The sides, extended in the form of wings, resemble the Raja Aquila, but the head and other parts are widely 
different. 
The back is more convex, while the head can hardly be distinguished from the back. It is broad, flat, 
scarcely convex, and terminates in a thin, broad, lunated rostrum, between two singular processes, which, 
rising from the side of the head, project about two inches beyond the crescent of the rostrum. These, 
