asperrimus, Arhynchobatis Waite [E. R.] 1909:20, Pl. 20 [Records of the Canterbury Museum v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 4564] 12 miles west-southwest of Cape Runaway, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, depth 66-94 fathoms. Holotype (unique): CMC F417. Type catalog: Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:5 [ref. 22860]. •Valid as Arhynchobatis asperrimus Waite 1909 -- (Garrick 1954 [ref. 12644], Garrick & Paul 1974:353 [ref. 7421], Paulin et al. 1989:27 [ref. 24556], Ishihara in Amaoka et al. 1990:80 [ref. 16024], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:488 [ref. 25589], Last & Yearsley 2002:1640 [ref. 26568], Stewart & Last 2015:183 [ref. 34225], Weigmann 2016:89 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:369 [ref. 35005]). Current status: Valid as Arhynchobatis asperrimus Waite 1909. Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: New Zealand region. Habitat: marine.