Narke (fish)

Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Narke

Japanese sleeper ray (N. japonica)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Chondrichthyes
Subclass:  | Elasmobranchii
Superorder:  | Batoidea
Order:  | Torpediniformes
Family:  | Narkidae
Genus:  | Narke
Kaup, 1826
Type species
Raja capensis

Gmelin, 1789

Synonyms

Astrape Müller & Henle, 1837
Bengalichthys Annandale, 1909

Narke (from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "to make numb") is a genus of electric rays in the family Narkidae, found in the western Indo-Pacific and off southern Africa. They have nearly circular pectoral fin discs and short, thick tails with large caudal fins, and can be identified by their single dorsal fin (a trait shared only by Typhlonarke within the family). There are three described species, as well as a fourth undescribed dwarf species from Taiwan.[1]

## Species

* Narke capensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789 (Onefin electric ray)
* Narke dipterygia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Numbray)
* Narke japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (Japanese sleeper ray)

## References

1. ↑ Compagno, L.J.V.; Heemstra, P.C. (2007). "Electrolux addisoni, a new genus and species of electric ray from the east coast of South Africa (Rajiformes: Torpedinoidei: Narkidae), with a review of torpedinoid taxonomy". Smithiana Bulletin 7: 15–49.

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