Sleeper torpedo | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Torpediniformes |
Family: | Narkidae |
Genus: | Crassinarke Takagi, 1951 |
Species: | C. brasiliensis |
Binomial name | |
Crassinarke brasiliensis Takagi, 1951 |
The Sleeper torpedo (Crassinarke brasiliensis) is a species of sleeper 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.