minispinosa, Bathyraja Ishiyama [R.] & Ishihara [H.] 1977:83, Figs. 15a-b [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 24 (no. 2); ref. 5401] Bering Sea, 59°10'N, 166°19'E, depth about 450 meters. Holotype: MTUF 21872. Paratypes: MTUF 21873 (1), 21899-910 (12). •Valid as Bathyraja minispinosa Ishiyama & Ishihara 1977 -- (Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983:59, 170, 225, 312 [ref. 8379], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:14 [ref. 6441], Stehmann 1986:263 [ref. 6151], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Dolganov 1999:429 [ref. 24873], Compagno 1999:488 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:165 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:104 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:165 [ref. 26001], Orlov 2003:45 [ref. 26942], Fedorov et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:11 [ref. 37547], Stehmann 2005:S35 [ref. 28647], Stehmann 2005:S53 [ref. 28648], Page et al. 2013: 55 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:65 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:94 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:26 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:402 [ref. 35005], Kells et al. 2016:80 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35618], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:171 [ref. 35920], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:58 [ref. 38158], Love et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39279], Orlov & Volvenko 2022:3 [ref. 39982], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathyraja minispinosa Ishiyama & Ishihara 1977. Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Hokkaido (Japan) and Sea of Okhotsk north to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.), then south to northern British Columbia (Canada). Habitat: marine.