fuliginea, Raja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1954:10, Figs. 3-4 [Breviora No. 24; ref. 5551] Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 27°32'N, 93°02'W, Oregon station 534, depth 400-450 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 163367. •Valid as Raja fuliginea Bigelow & Schroeder 1954 -- (Cervigón 1992:206 [ref. 23827], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:41 [ref. 22793]). •Valid as Rajella fuliginea (Bigelow & Schroeder 1954) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:169 [ref. 23897], Long & McCosker 1999:49 [ref. 23764], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:561 [ref. 26985], Last & Stehmann 2008:135 [ref. 29652], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:120 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:122 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:19 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:341 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Jones et al. 2020:291 [ref. 37610], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 5 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:91 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Rajella fuliginea (Bigelow & Schroeder 1954). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to Trinidad and Tobago, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.