Coffin ray

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Coffin ray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Hypnidae
Genus: Hypnos
Species: H. monopterygius
Binomial name
Hypnos monopterygius
(Shaw & Nodder, 1795)

The coffin ray, crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, numbie, short-tail electric ray, or torpedo (Hypnos monopterygius) is a species of fish in the Hypnidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas.

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