tobitukai, Raja Hiyama [Y.] 1940:169, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Zoology, Transactions and Abstracts v. 9 (no. 1) (art. 8); ref. 13587] Kumano-Nada, Japan, depth 60 to 500 meters. Holotype (unique): FUMT P1558. •Valid as Bathyraja tobitukai (Hiyama 1940) --,(Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:13 [ref. 6441], Nakaya in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:67, 308 [ref. 8057]). •Valid as Notoraja tobitukai (Hiyama 1940) -- (Ishihara & Stehmann 1990:185 [ref. 15733], McEachran & Last 1994:417 [ref. 22016], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:489 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:168 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:290 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:168 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:398 [ref. 28370], Last & McEachran 2006:65 [ref. 28931], Séret & Last 2009:24 [ref. 30312], Shao et al. 2008:237 [ref. 29952], Ebert et al. 2013:351 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:99 [ref. 34211], Concha et al. 2016:185 [ref. 34401], Last et al. 2016:28 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:449 [ref. 35005], White et al. 2017:229 [ref. 35200]). Current status: Valid as Notoraja tobitukai (Hiyama 1940). Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.
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