WoRMS taxon details
Neoraja africana (Stehmann & Séret, 1983)
271568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271568)
accepted
Species
Breviraja africana Stehmann & Séret, 1983 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Breviraja africana Stehmann & Séret, 1983) Stehmann, M. F. W.; Séret, B. (1983). A new species of deep-water skate, Breviraja africana sp. n. (Pisces, Batoidea, Rajidae), from the eastern central Atlantic slope, and remarks on the taxonomic status of Breviraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 903-925. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Neoraja africana (Stehmann & Séret, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271568 on 2025-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Breviraja africana Stehmann & Séret, 1983) Stehmann, M. F. W.; Séret, B. (1983). A new species of deep-water skate, Breviraja africana sp. n. (Pisces, Batoidea, Rajidae), from the eastern central Atlantic slope, and remarks on the taxonomic status of Breviraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales.</em> v. 5 (no. 3): 903-925. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
