Author: (Müller & Henle, 1841)
FBname: African softnose skate
Comments: Found on the upper continental slope (Ref. 27121).  A bottom-predator that feeds on bony fishes including hake, jacopever, barracudina and dragonet; also squid, octopus, crabs and prawns (Ref. 5578).  Oviparous (Ref. 50449).  Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).  Sometimes caught by hake trawlers (Ref. 5578).