clarkii, Raja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1958:221, Figs. 8-9 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 119 (no. 2); ref. 12049] Northern Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A., 28°32'N, 86°10'20'W, depth 260 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 156712. Paratypes: MCZ 39618 (2). •Valid as Raja clarkii Bigelow & Schroeder 1958 -- (Uyeno & Miyake in Uyeno et al. 1983:75 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1992:206 [ref. 23827] as clarki). •Valid as Dactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder 1958) -- (Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:31 [ref. 22793] as clarki, McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312] as clarki, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:153 [ref. 23897] as clarki, Compagno 1999:490 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:551 [ref. 26985], Soto et al. 2004:145 [ref. 29431], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:113 [ref. 34398] as clarki, Weigmann 2016:106 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:230 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Jones et al. 2020:286 [ref. 37610], Carvalho-Filho 2023:318 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:90 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Dactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder 1958). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: South Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.