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Raja mauritaniensis: a replacement name for Raja africana Capapé, 1977 (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a junior homonym of Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae)

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  • 1. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. william.white@csiro.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9705-2453
  • 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.

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White, William T., Fricke, Ronald (2021): Raja mauritaniensis: a replacement name for Raja africana Capapé, 1977 (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a junior homonym of Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae). Zootaxa 4970 (2): 399-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.12

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