bancroftii, Torpedo Griffith [E.] & Smith [C. H.] 1834:649, Pl. 34 [The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier; ref. 1908] Locality not stated [Jamaica]. No types preserved. Based on a drawing by Bancroft. •Valid as Narcine bancroftii (Griffith & Smith 1834) -- (Carvalho 2001:561 [ref. 25603], Gomes & Carvalho in Menezes et al. 2003:28 [ref. 27192] as bancrofti, McEachran & Carvalho 2003:521 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:54 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:15 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:54 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:101 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:73 [ref. 34211], Jones et al. 2016:249 [ref. 34818] as bancrofti, Carvalho & Last 2016:152 [ref. 34996], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Jones et al. 2020:285 [ref. 37610], Robertson et al. 2020:159 [ref. 38098], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 4 [ref. 38986], Carvalho-Filho 2023:314 [ref. 40480] as bancrofti, Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:43 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:83 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Narcine bancroftii (Griffith & Smith 1834). Narcinidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.