. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICTHYOLOGY—IV. cent splice on each side of the rostrum. (Oarmtm.) L. about 2 feet. Atlantic coasts of the United States ; not very common. {Raia etjlanteria Bosc, MSS; Lac(5p5de, Hist. Nat. dos Poiss. ii, 103: Raia desmareatia Le Sucnr, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. iv, 100: Raia chantenag Lo Sueur, 1. c. 103; Garinan, 1. c. 179.) tt Anglo at tip of .snout mncli producod, blunt; rows of teeth §^. 53> K« ISBVis Mitchill.—Barndoor Skate. Angles of the disk more acute than in any of the others; muzz
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICTHYOLOGY—IV. cent splice on each side of the rostrum. (Oarmtm.) L. about 2 feet. Atlantic coasts of the United States ; not very common. {Raia etjlanteria Bosc, MSS; Lac(5p5de, Hist. Nat. dos Poiss. ii, 103: Raia desmareatia Le Sucnr, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. iv, 100: Raia chantenag Lo Sueur, 1. c. 103; Garinan, 1. c. 179.) tt Anglo at tip of .snout mncli producod, blunt; rows of teeth §^. 53> K« ISBVis Mitchill.—Barndoor Skate. Angles of the disk more acute than in any of the others; muzzle much produced, somewhat shovel-shaj)ed at tip. Spines of the body very few and small. Some present above the eyes and spiracles, on the snout, along the anterior border of the pectorals, and on the back; those on the back very small. A median dorsal row of larger hooked spines extending along the median line of the posterior portion of the back and the tail. Usually two lateral rows on the tail. Female rougher, as usual among rays. Color variable, brownish, with paler spots, which are usually ringed with darker. The largest of our Atlantic species, reaching a length of about four feet. Virginia northward j not uncom- mon. (Mitchill, Amor. Monthly Mag. ii, 327, 1817; Storer, Hist. Fish. Masa. 18(57,248; Garnian, 1. c 180.) 93. B. y^raneilata Gill. " A remarkable species, with the back and ventral surface covered with, mifiute sharp granular ossifications, obtained by Capt. Joseph W. Collins on Le Have Bank. A species of the same type-as B. lavisj and having 30 to 31 teeth on each side; the back granulated and slate colored; the ventrals distinguished by reticulate markings, and the claspers slender and scarcely ; {Oitl.) (Gill MS.; Goode & Bean, Bull. Eaaox Inst, xi, 1879, 28.) 2.—Pacific Species. A4. Vt, cooperi Oirard.—liuj Skate. iJisk broad, its widest part behind the middle. Snout long, regularlj long-acuminate, but not very sharp at tip,
Size: 810px × 3084px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfishes, bookyear1882
