prodorsalis, Narcine Bessednov [L. N.] 1966:80, Fig. 5 [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 45 (no. 1) (for 30 Dec. 1965); ref. 8011] Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea, 20°49.7'N, 108°00'E, depth 49 meters. Holotype (unique): Mus. Fish. Inst. Vladyvostok 3601, not ZIN. •Valid as Narcine prodorsalis Bessednov 1966 -- (Monkolprasit 1990:390 [ref. 20064], Carvalho et al. 1999:1440 [ref. 24638], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Weigmann 2016:75 [ref. 34211], Carvalho & White 2016:158 [ref. 34504], Carvalho & Last 2016:161 [ref. 34996], Roy et al. 2019:482 [ref. 37256], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 2 [ref. 38321], Haroon & Kibria 2021:100 [ref. 39241], Srinivasan et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38695]). Current status: Valid as Narcine prodorsalis Bessednov 1966. Narcinidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia, north to southern China. Habitat: marine.