Species that contain: Raja and meerdervoortii [ 2 ] records

macrophthalma, Raja Ishiyama [R.] 1950:31, Fig. 1 (MA) [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 18327] Off Hamada Prefecture, Japan, depth 80-90 meters. Ishiyama non-types (1958 publ.): MCZ 40287 (1), 40289 (1), 40291 (1). Described first from an egg case as above, from adults as Raja (Okamejei) macrophthalma in Ishiyama 1958:358 [ref. 2308]. Technically, the types appear to be the 2 eggcases described in 1950. •Valid as Raja macrophthalma Ishiyama 1950 -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:13 [ref. 6441], Okamura & Machida 1986:21 [ref. 22278]). •Synonym of Raja meerdervoortii Bleeker 1860 -- (Ishihara 1987:271 [ref. 6264]). •Synonym of Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860) -- (Dyldin 2015:72 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

meerdervoortii, Raja Bleeker [P.] 1860:66 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 1); ref. 374] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7432. For information on types see Boeseman 1979:275 [ref. 20685]. •Valid as Raja meerdervoortii Bleeker 1860 -- (Boeseman 1979:275 [ref. 20685], Ishihara 1987:271 [ref. 6264], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:291 [ref. 25995]). •Valid as Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:285 [ref. 23312], Jeong 1999:203 [ref. 25171], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:173 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:173 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:66, 484 [ref. 26218], Jeong et al. 2007:62 [ref. 29187], Last et al. 2010:89 [ref. 30852], Yamashita et al. 2012:131 [ref. 32408], Ebert et al. 2013:356 [ref. 33045], Parin et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:72 [ref. 34524], Hara et al. 2016:5 [ref. 36169], Last et al. 2016:22 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:310 [ref. 35000], Weigmann 2016:116 [ref. 34211], Sonoyama et al. 2020:13 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern China to southern Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.