Species that contain: Bathyraja and abyssicola [ 2 ] records

abyssicola, Raja Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:396, Pl. 20 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Off Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia, 52°39'30"N, 132°38'00"W, Albatross station 3342, depth 1588 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 48623 (disintegrated). •Valid as Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert 1896) -- (Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983:55, 168 [ref. 8379], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:13 [ref. 6441], Stehmann 1986:263 [ref. 6151], Zorzi & Anderson 1988:93 [ref. 11866], McAllister 1990:34 [ref. 14674], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:27 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:63 [ref. 24550], Dolganov 1999:429 [ref. 24873], Compagno 1999:488 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:168 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:102 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:168 [ref. 26001], Hoff 2002:145 [ref. 26938], Fedorov et al. 2003:15 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:11 [ref. 37547], Stehmann 2005:S35 [ref. 28647], Stehmann 2005:S53 [ref. 28648], Parin et al. 2014:29 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:61 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:90 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:25 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:373 [ref. 35005], Kells et al. 2016:78 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35618], Cerutti-Pereyra et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36086], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:168 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36194], Burton & Lea 2019:32 [ref. 37205], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37881], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:58 [ref. 38158], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39279], Knuckey & Ebert 2022:6 [ref. 39306], Ebert et al. 2022:32 [ref. 39636], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert 1896). Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: Northern Pacific: southern Japan north to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; then southeastern Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (U.S.A.), including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

trachura, Raia Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:539 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Off Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., 32°40'30"N, 117°31'30"W, Albatross station 2923, depth 822 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 46930. •Valid as Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert 1892) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:51 [ref. 9277], Stehmann 1986:263 [ref. 6151], McAllister 1990:35 [ref. 14674], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:27 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Dolganov 1999:429 [ref. 24873], Compagno 1999:489 [ref. 25589], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:105 [ref. 25968], Hoff 2002:145 [ref. 26938], Fedorov et al. 2003:20 [ref. 27579], Stevenson et al. 2004:311 [ref. 27688], Love et al. 2005:12 [ref. 37547], Stehmann 2005:S35 [ref. 28647], Stehmann 2005:S53 [ref. 28648], Ruiz-Campos et al. 2010:366 [ref. 37373], Parin et al. 2014:34 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:66 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:110 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:97 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:423 [ref. 35005], Ebert et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35618], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:171 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36194], Burton & Lea 2019:33 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39279], Knuckey & Ebert 2022:46 [ref. 39306] confused with abyssicola in synonymy, Page et al. 2023:46 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert 1892). Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk and northern Kuril Islands north to western Bering Sea, Commander/Aleutian chain, and eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.), then south to north of Isla Guadalupe (Mexico); isolated population in central Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.