johannisdavisi, Raja Alcock [A. W.] 1899:21 [A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum; ref. 5114] Laccadive Sea, off Travancore coast, 11°14'30"N, 74°57'15"E, Investigator station 246, depth 410-520 meters. Holotype (unique): ZSI F477/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:96 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:32 [ref. 22148]. Originally as johannis-davisi. Figured in Alcock 1900: Pl. 27 (figs. 2, 2a) [ref. 20536]. •Valid as Raja johannisdavisi Alcock 1899 -- (Stehmann 1976:154 [ref. 7085], Séret 1986:258 [ref. 6753], Séret 1989:127 [ref. 12827]). •Valid as Dipturus johannisdavisi (Alcock 1899) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:285 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:490 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377] Last & Alava 2013:214 [ref. 33041], Weigmann 2016:108 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:21 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:258 [ref. 35000], Psomadakis et al. 2020:201 [ref. 37272], Aschliman & Ebert 2022:578 [ref. 39668]). Current status: Valid as Dipturus johannisdavisi (Alcock 1899). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: ?Tanzania, Gulf of Aden (Yemen) east to Lakshadweep (India) and Travancore coast (India). Habitat: marine.