AMPHIBIA NANTES. RAJA. 
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No. IV. 
Raja corpore ob-ovato; rostro parum exerto, acuto ; tuberculis parvis inter oculos, congerie cam - 
paniforma ; spinis dnabus in cauda apterygia. 
The Raja with an ob-ovate body ; the rostrum sharp, and somewhat projecting ; a bell- 
form cluster of small tubercles between the eyes, and two spines on a Unless tail. 
Called by the Natives Isacurrah Tenkee. 
The body broad, ob-ovate, the rostrum channelled, roughish. The eyes large, oval, protuberant, looking 
sidewise; the foramina pear-shaped. Head and back a little convex; the belly, and all below, flat. The 
tubercles between the eyes, are disposed in the form of a bell; others in the middle of the back, form a pyramid, 
from the base of which a long tapering train runs down to the first dorsal spine. The ventral fins are small 
and rounded; at the beginning of the tail there is a short soft appendage on each side. The two dorsal spines 
were an inch and a half long, but neither of them serrated. 
The colour, in this young subject, was whitish on both sides, but whitest on the under side. 
The length, from the rostrum to the tail, seven inches; the tail six. 
No. V. 
Raja corpore glabro; rostro brevi, acuminato ; joraminibus ovalibus pone oculos; cauda 
apterygia ; spina dorsali Icevi. 
The Raja with a smooth body; a short, pointed rostrum; oval apertures behind the 
eyes ; the tail without fin; the dorsal spine smooth. 
Called by the Natives Tenkee Shindraki. 
The body of the same shape with that of the fish last described. The head rather more convex, but the vertex 
depressed; the rostrum channelled. The eyes large, oval, turned towards the sides; the foramina oval, not 
large ; behind the foramina are five transverse, curved lines, studded with minute tubercles of the same light 
colour with the rest of the skin, and correspondent with the branchial spiracula on the under side. 
The ventral fins are small, as in the former fish, but there is no appendage at the top of the tail. The dorsal 
spine is proportionally long, but not serrated. 
The colour the same with that of the preceding fish. 
The length, from the top of the rostrum to the tail, is four inches and a half; the tail four inches. 
