brevicaudata, Trygon Hutton [F. W.] 1875:317 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 95) (art. 41); ref. 18317] Dunedin Harbor, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): OM A.75.02 (stuffed). Non-types: BMNH 1879.4.5.7 (1). Type catalog: Russell 1996:221 [ref. 22562]. Also in Hutton 1876:216 [ref. 14210]. •Valid as Dasyatis brevicaudatus (Hutton 1875) -- (Garrick 1954:190 [ref. 23066], Paulin et al. 1989:29 [ref. 24556]). •Valid as Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton 1875) -- (Compagno 1986:136 [ref. 5648], Paxton et al. 1989:42 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:22 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:182 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:388 [ref. 23873], Fricke 1999:30 [ref. 24106], Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Gomes et al. 2000:514 [ref. 24451], Last & Compagno 1999:1499 [ref. 24639], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Santos & Carvalho 2004:17 [ref. 28040], Paxton et al. 2006:191 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:139 [ref. 30616], Schwartz 2008:36 [ref. 36773], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:107 [ref. 36167], Last & Stewart 2015:198 [ref. 34224], Weigmann 2016:128 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton 1875) -- (Last et al. 2016:354 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:530 [ref. 35010], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:172 [ref. 35920], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:169 [ref. 37302], Hoschke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36626], Kim et al. 2020:47 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37637], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:59 [ref. 38158], Ebert et al. 2021:91 [ref. 38234], Manjaji-Matsumoto et al. 2022:600 [ref. 39674], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932], Leeney 2024:85 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton 1875). Dasyatidae: Dasyatinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to Mozambique and Mascarenes (Mauritius), east to Philippines, north to southern Korea, Japan, Peter the Great Bay and Sakhalin (Russia), south to southern Australia, Kermadec Islands and northern New Zealand. Habitat: brackish, marine.