Rajella leopardus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 105

Rajella leopardus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)

Raja leopardus von Bonde & Swart, 1923 [Synonym: senior, original� Rajella leoparda von Bonde & Swart, 1923 [Misspellings�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 65.5 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 170-1920 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2018)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from off Namibia and South Africa with spotty records off Senegal and Conakry, Guinea and as far north to Mauritania. Probably throughout West African slope waters. Caught by the Nansen campaign of 2014, under the name R. leoparda (De Bruyne, pers. com.).