polystigma, Raia Regan [C. T.] 1923:529 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 11 (no. 64) (art. 56); ref. 15425] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1888.11.29.111 [ex MSNM] (1); Nice, 1893.2.28.43 (1); Zara, 1893.9.21.11-12 (2). •Valid as Raja polystigma Regan 1923 -- (Stehmann 1973:67 [ref. 7168], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:189 [ref. 13675], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:24 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:14 [ref. 36649], Weigmann 2016:120 [ref. 34211], Last & Séret 2016:477 [ref. 34640], Last et al. 2016:23 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:329 [ref. 35000], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:143 [ref. 37302], Kovačić et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Arroyo Martínez 2021:84 [ref. 38962], Giovos et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38895], Kovačić et al. 2021:16 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:51 [ref. 39527], Balàka et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:464 [ref. 40810]). Current status: Valid as Raja polystigma Regan 1923. Rajidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: possibly Portugal and Morocco. Habitat: marine.