straeleni, Raja Poll [M.] 1951:118, Fig. 54, Pls. 8 (fig. 3), 13 [Résultats Scientifiques. Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les Eaux Côtières Africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 12797] West coast of Africa, 13°05'S, 12°46'E, depth 100-110 meters. Syntypes: IRSNB 99 (1), 100-107 (1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 9); MRAC 80327-32 (6). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:5-6 [ref. 20755] with IRSNB 99, the specimen illustrated in Fig. 54, as holotype, Derijst 1991:64 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Raja straeleni Poll 1951 -- (Hulley 1986:126 [ref. 5672], Stehmann 1990:42 [ref. 19316], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:95 [ref. 25472], Stehmann 1995:49 [ref. 22055], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:80 [ref. 28072], Compagno & Ebert 2007:141 [ref. 30471], Ball et al. 2016:567 [ref. 36106], Last & Séret 2016:477 [ref. 34640], Last et al. 2016:23 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:331 [ref. 35000], McEachran & Séret 2016:1393 [ref. 34551], Weigmann 2016:121 [ref. 34211], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:148 [ref. 37302], Reiner 2019:45 [ref. 38139], Ebert et al. 2021:84 [ref. 38234], Aschliman & Ebert 2022:587 [ref. 39668], Fermon et al. 2022:105 [ref. 39448], Leeney 2024:77 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Raja straeleni Poll 1951. Rajidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Mauritania south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), including São Tomé and Principe, then to Eastern Cape (South Africa), ?Mozambique, ?Madagascar and ?Mauritius. Habitat: marine.