variegatus, Rhinobatos Nair [R. V.] & Lal Mohan [R. S.] 1973:77, Fig. 4 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 54 (nos 1/3); ref. 7577] Gulf of Mannar, off Mandapam, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype (unique): FMRI F.176. •Valid as Rhinobatos variegatus Nair & Lal Mohan 1973 -- (Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Acroteriobatus variegatus (Nair & Lal Mohan 1973) -- (Weigmann 2016:84 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:465 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:283 [ref. 34741], Séret et al. 2016:85 [ref. 34993], Fernando et al. 2019:219 [ref. 36642], Weigmann et al. 2021:26 [ref. 38392], Séret & Carvalho 2022:568 [ref. 39672]). Current status: Valid as Acroteriobatus variegatus (Nair & Lal Mohan 1973). Rhinobatidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: southern India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.