armatus, Dactylobatus Bean [B. A.] & Weed [A. C.] 1909:459, Pl. 38; Fig. [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1682); ref. 220] Off Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A., Albatross. Syntypes: USNM 62914 (1) station 2624 (32°36'N, 77°29'15''W, 258 fathoms [472 meters]), 62915 (1) station 2666 or 2667 (about 31°N, 80°W, 270 fathoms [494 meters]). •Valid as Dactylobatus armatus Bean & Weed 1909 -- (Bigelow & Schroeder 1968:631 [ref. 41450], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:30 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:152 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:490 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:550 [ref. 26985], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:112 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:106 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:229 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Jones et al. 2020:307 [ref. 37610], Page et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:90 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Dactylobatus armatus Bean & Weed 1909. Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: South Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Colombia, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.