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yucatanensis, Breviraja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1950:402, Pl. 7 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 103 (no. 7); ref. 302] Off northeastern Yucatán, Mexico, 20°19'10"N, 87°03'30"W, Albatross station 2359, depth 231 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 148273. •Valid as Raja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder 1950) -- (McEachran & Compagno 1982:415 [ref. 2952], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:41 [ref. 22793], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27754]). •Valid as Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder 1950) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:491 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:557 [ref. 26985], Last et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29653], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:117 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:114 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:19 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:292 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 5 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow & Schroeder 1950). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Yucatan (Mexico) south to Nicaragua (southeastern Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.


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