lentiginosa, Raja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1951:383, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 41 (no. 12); ref. 12883] Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico, 22°32'N, 88°47'W, depth 29 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 153552. Paratypes or additional material: (7) MCZ 37188 (1); USNM 153553-55 (1, 2, 1). •Valid as Raja lentiginosa Bigelow & Schroeder 1951 -- (McEachran 1977:430 [ref. 7268], Robins & Ray 1986:39 [ref. 23100]). •Synonym of Raja garmani Whitley 1939 -- (Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:38 [ref. 22793], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27754]). •Valid as Leucoraja lentiginosa (Bigelow & Schroeder 1951) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:163 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:491 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:541 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:55 [ref. 27807], Last et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29653], Page et al. 2013:55 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:116 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:113 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:285 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Jones et al. 2020:290 [ref. 37610], Page et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:91 [ref. 41622], Weigmann et al. 2024:38 [ref. 41180]). Current status: Valid as Leucoraja lentiginosa (Bigelow & Schroeder 1951). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico endemic. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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