americanus, Anacanthobatis Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1962:217, Figs. 14-16 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 128 (no. 4); ref. 5793] Between Grenada and Venezuela, 11°35'N, 62°41'W, depth 212-250 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 196445. Paratypes: MCZ 40364-66 (3). Additional material: (16). •Valid as Anacanthobatis americanus Bigelow & Schroeder 1962 -- (Uyeno & Miyake in Uyeno et al. 1983:79 [ref. 14275] as americana, Séret 1986:322 [ref. 6753], Cervigón 1992:207 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Dunn 1998:285 [ref. 23312], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:162 [ref. 24490], Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:544 [ref. 26985], Weigmann et al. 2014:117 [ref. 33204]). •Valid as Anacanthobatis americana Bigelow & Schroeder 1962 -- (Weigmann 2016:124 [ref. 34211] see remarks). •Valid as Schroederobatis americana (Bigelow & Schroeder 1962) -- (Last et al. 2016:29 [ref. 34941], Séret et al. 2016:498 [ref. 35007], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861]). Current status: Valid as Schroederobatis americana (Bigelow & Schroeder 1962). Anacanthobatidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic (including Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.