Sleeper torpedo

Sleeper torpedo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
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 its genus. 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)

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