richardsoni, Raja Garrick [J. A. F.] 1961:746, Fig. 1 [Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 88 (pt 4); ref. 9347] South of Cape Palliser, Cook Strait, New Zealand, 47°07'S, 174°57'E, depth 1300 fathoms. Holotype (unique): NMNZ P.1898. Type catalog: Hardy 1990:6 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick 1961) -- (Stehmann 1973:68 [ref. 7168], Garrick & Paul 1974:353 [ref. 7421], McEachran & Miyake 1984:780 [ref. 17441], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:166 [ref. 13675], Stehmann 1986:263 [ref. 6151], Scott & Scott 1988:40 [ref. 25518], Paulin et al. 1989:28 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:35 [ref. 14674], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:488 [ref. 25589], McEachran in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:64 [ref. 26158], Last & Yearsley 2002:1640 [ref. 26568], Moore et al. 2003:171 [ref. 27076], Stehmann 2005:S35 [ref. 28647], Stehmann 2005:S53 [ref. 28648], Iglésias & Lévy-Hartmann 2012:47 [ref. 31781], Stewart & Last 2015:184 [ref. 34225], Weigmann 2016:95 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:115 [ref. 34513], McEachran & Séret 2016:1395 [ref. 34551], Last et al. 2016:26 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:412 [ref. 35005], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:161 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:49 [ref. 37250], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick 1961). Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: North Atlantic: Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Rockall Trough south to Bay of Biscay; southwestern Pacific: New Zealand. Habitat: marine.