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Sleeper torpedo

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Sleeper torpedo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narkidae
Genus: Crassinarke
Takagi, 1951
Species:
C. dormitor
Binomial name
Crassinarke dormitor
Takagi, 1951

The sleeper torpedo (Crassinarke dormitor) is a species of electric ray in the family Narkidae. It is the only species in the genus Crassinarke. It occurs in relatively shallow water off the coasts of southern Japan, China and Taiwan. It may be the same species as the Japanese sleeper ray (Narke japonica)

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crassinarke dormitor". FishBase. June 2011 version.