| Raja mauritaniensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Raja |
| Species: |
R. mauritaniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Raja mauritaniensis White & Fricke, 2021 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Raja mauritaniensis, commonly known as the African ray, is a species of ray in the family Rajidae.[1] It is found at depths of 50–400 m (160–1,310 ft) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania and Tunisia.[1]
This species was described in 1977, but the currently used scientific name is a homonym, preoccupied by Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801, which is a synonymofUrogymnus asperrimus. Consequently, a replacement scientific name is needed for the African ray.[1][2][3] Furthermore, the validity of the African ray has been questioned, with some suggesting that its type specimen may be an aberrant R. miraletusorR. straeleni.[2][3]
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