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AMPHIBIA NANTES. RAJA. 
No. VI. 
Raja cor pore transverso-ovale, glabro; rostro brevi, parum cicuminato ; pinna pectorali ultra 
extensa ; cauda breviore, fasciata, inerme, apterygia. 
The Raja with a transverse-oval, smooth body; a short, somewhat-pointed rostrum; the 
pectoral fin widely extended ; a very short tail, without spine and fin, and variegated 
black and white. 
Called by the Natives Tenkee Kunsul. 
The head fiat, not distinguishable from the body, which is scarcely convex; the rostrum short, grooved, with 
a very small sharp point. The eyes small, near the rostrum; the foramina harp-form. The mouth and nostrils 
below, near the rostrum, and the spiracula behind, as usual. 
The lateral fins extend to a blunt, fringed point, being internally (in respect to the body) lunated; the 
ventral fins short. The tail small, tapers to a hair-like point, and is marked with cross bands, alternately 
black and white, resembling the quill of a porcupine. 
The colour of the head and back a dark-gray; the belly white. 
The length, from the rostrum to the tail, six inches and a half. The tail four inches ; the breadth, from the 
tip of one lateral fin, to the tip of the other, one foot. 
No. VII. 
Raja corporefasciis latis caruleis, pinna dor soli ad initium caudee; cauda longissima, gracili , 
inermi , apterygia. 
The Raja with broad, caerulean cross bands, on the back; a short fin on the upper part 
of the tail, or back ; the tail very long, slender, without spine and fin. 
Called by the Natives Mookarah Tenkee. 
The head, which in many species of the Raja, can hardly be distinguished from the body, is here, not only 
considerably raised or convex, but from the eyes, projects forward beyond the body. It is depressed on the 
crown, and flattened on the sides; the rostrum rounded. The eyes large, oval, protuberant; the foramina 
behind oblong. The nostrils and mouth beneath; the mouth not large ; the teeth granulous. 
The lateral extended fins, slanting to a sharp point from the cheeks, and the posterior edges, being slightly 
falcate, give exactly the appearance of wings expanded. The ventral fins, close to the anus, are rounded. The 
dorsal fin, at the origin of the tail, is small, and square-form. The tail very long, without spines, and at the point 
as small as a hair. 
The colour of the head and body, a dark-gray, with six broad, transverse, blue bands, of different shades : the 
tail is of a dark-gray, with a mixture of brown. 
The length, from the rostrum to the beginning of the tail, six inches; the tail, one foot six inches and 
a half. 
