fischeri, Pseudoraja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1954:4, Figs. 1-2 [Breviora No. 24; ref. 5551] Southern Gulf of Mexico, near Campeche Bank, 22°42'N, 86°41'W, depth 225 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 163368. Paratypes: (3) FMNH 47915-16 (1, 1), plus 3 as study material. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:71 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Pseudoraja fischeri Bigelow & Schroeder 1954 -- (McEachran & Fechhelm 1982:450 [ref. 8444], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:26 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:164 [ref. 23897], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:559 [ref. 26985], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:111 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:101 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:28 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:464 [ref. 35005], Ehemann et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36194], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 4 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:46 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:93 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoraja fischeri Bigelow & Schroeder 1954. Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.), including southern Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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