punctifer, Rhinobatos Compagno [L. J. V.] & Randall [J. E.] 1987:336, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 44 (no. 14); ref. 9128] Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): BPBM 20843. Type catalog: Golani 2006:21 [ref. 28840] with a paratype as HUJ 11733. •Valid as Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall 1987 -- (Baranes & Golani 1993:302 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:4 [ref. 25356], Randall & Compagno 1995:292 [ref. 22577], Randall 1995:43 [ref. 22896], Compagno 1999:486 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:45 [ref. 27735], Last 2004:208 [ref. 27765], Last et al. 2006:267 [ref. 29418], Last et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33525], Psomadakis et al. 2015:99 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:88 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:470 [ref. 34473], White et al. 2016:596 [ref. 34839], Séret et al. 2016:105 [ref. 34993], Ebert & Gon 2017:205 [ref. 35352], Golani & Fricke 2018:15 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:16 [ref. 37020], Last et al. 2019:270 [ref. 36614], Bogorodsky et al. 2021:514 [ref. 38242], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Séret & Carvalho 2022:571 [ref. 39672], Zajonz et al. 2022:21 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall 1987. Rhinobatidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen) east to Pakistan, including Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.