Narke japonica Japanese sleeper ray

Narke japonica is commonly referred to as Japanese sleeper ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 15000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:: 5767
AphiaID:: 278822

Scientific:: Narke japonica
German:: Japanischer Schlafrochen
English:: Japanese Sleeper Ray

Category:: Stingrays

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Torpediniformes (Order) > Narkidae (Family) > Narke (Genus) > japonica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Temminck & Schlegel, ), 1850

Occurrence:: China, Corea, Japan, Taiwan
Size:: 9.84" - 15.75" (25cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Zoobenthos
Tank:: 3299.68 gal (~ 15000L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Narke capensis
Narke dipterygia
Narke japonica
Japanischer Schlafrochen

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-07-19 16:40:00
Last edit:: 2013-07-19 16:40:00

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Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

Narke japonica, also known as the Japanese sleeper ray, is a small inshore and offshore electric ray found off Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. Taken as bycatch in both inshore and offshore trawl fisheries throughout its distribution where both historical and current fishing pressure is high. Little specific information is available on this species.

Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narkidae
Species: Narke japonica

Synonyms: Torpedo japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

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