Author: White & Fricke, 2021
FBname: African ray
Remark: <i>Raja africana</i> Capapé, 1977 is a homonym, being preoccupied by <i>Raja africana</i> Bloch & Schneider, 1801(Ref. 26282) and thus needs a replacement name which is <i>Raja mauritaniensis</i> White & Fricke, 2021 (Ref. 124211).
Comments: Found in shelf and slope waters, depending on seasonal lower bottom water temperatures.  Feeds on crustaceans and bony fishes (Ref. 3167).  Oviparous (Ref. 50449).  Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).