nigriventralis, Breviraja McEachran [J. D.] & Matheson [R. E., Jr.] 1985:1042, Fig. 6 [Copeia 1985 (no. 4); ref. 8137] Off French Guiana, 7°14'N, 52°55'W, Oregon station 4293, depth 732 meters. Holotype: MCZ 42944. Paratypes: MCZ 61440 (6). Other material: MCZ 40376 (3 of 6), 42955 (4), 42958 (1), 49017 (1); UF (2), UF (1); USNM (2), USNM (1). •Valid as Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson 1985 -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:490 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:547 [ref. 26985], Weigmann 2016:106 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:227 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Carvalho-Filho 2023:318 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson 1985. Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Panama to northern Brazil, including southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.