Raja mauritaniensis, White & Fricke, 2021

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 104

Raja mauritaniensis White & Fricke, 2021

Raja radula non Delaroche, 1809 [Misapplied for Gabon specimens�

Raja africana Capapé, 1977 [Synonym ambiguous: junior, original�. Raja africana Capapé, 1977 is a homonym, being preoccupied by Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801 and thus needs a replacement name. Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 80 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 50-400 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Tunisia and coast of Mauritania. Some Atlantic records of Raja radula are probable misidentifications of R. mauritaniensis (White and Fricke, 2021).