violacea, Raja Suvorov [E. K.] 1935:433, Fig. 1 [Bulletin de l'Academie des Sciences, Classe Sci. Math. Nat. 1935; ref. 15740] Western coast of Kamchatka, Russia, Okhotsk Sea, depth 47-100 meters. Syntypes: (several) ZIN 25073 (2). •Valid as Bathyraja violacea (Suvorov 1935) -- (Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983:221, 310 [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 1999:489 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:167 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:107 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:167 [ref. 26001], Fedorov et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27579], Stevenson et al. 2004:311 [ref. 27688], Nelson et al. 2004:55 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:12 [ref. 37547], Spies et al. 2011:80 [ref. 31143], Page et al. 2013:55 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:67 [ref. 34524], Tohkairin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 35331], Weigmann 2016:97 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:426 [ref. 35005], Kells et al. 2016:347 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35618], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:172 [ref. 35920], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:59 [ref. 38158], Love et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39279], Orlov & Volvenko 2022:3 [ref. 39982], Page et al. 2023:46 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathyraja violacea (Suvorov 1935). Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk north to Bering Sea, then south to Vancouver Island (Canada). Habitat: marine.