An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea Jones, Christian M. Driggers Iii, William B. Hannan, Kristin M. Hoffmayer, Eric R. Jones, Lisa M. Raredon, Sandra J. Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-26 4803 2 281 315 (Bigelow and Schroeder, 1962) Bigelow and Schroeder 1962 [151,726,1752,1779] Chondrichthyes Rajidae Dipturus GBIF Animalia Rajiformes 5 286 Chordata species bullisi   Distribution.Commonly considered as being patchily distributed throughout the northern GOM from depths of approximately 185 to 550 m, although NMFS SEFSC trawl surveys have reported this species as shallow as 125 mdepth.  First Record in   GOM. Bigelow and Schroeder (1962)based their description of this species on two specimens ( holotype USNM 196442, Figure 3, and paratype MCZ40673) collected from the continental slope southwest of the Dry Tortugasaboard the  RV Silver Bayin 1959 ( Bullis and Thompson 1965) as well as several additional specimens ( e.g. MCZ39993, 39994, 41154, 41163and 41168) collected from the same general area aboard the  RV Oregonin 1955 ( Springer and Bullis 1956).   Remarks.The genus  Dipturusis currently under revision and the species from the GOM are of particular interest as little is known of their biology and habits.  Conservation Status.Data Deficient GOM, MCZ Haiti 6 287 Dry 5 286 USNM 196442 2 holotype RV, MCZ Haiti Silver Bay 6 287 39994, 41154, 41163 1 RV Haiti Oregon 6 287 1