Ornate sleeper-ray (Electrolux addisoni)

Scientific name: Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007

The Ornate sleeper-ray (Electrolux addisoni) is a marine fish of the family Narkidae. Native range: Western Indian Ocean, South Africa.

Biology

Found in warm-temperate or subtropical waters approximately 310 km of coastline with very narrow continental shelf (10-36 km wide to the 200 m isobath), however, the few sightings were all inside the 50 m isobath; on reefs with sandy or gravelly areas from close inshore to less than 50 m depth, including patches of appropriate habitat on inshore and offshore rocky banks and reefs. Apparently an infauna or meiofauna feeder, feeding on polychaete worms (including a tube-worm) and at least one small shrimp-like crustacean.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Electrolux addisoni
Family
Narkidae (Sleeper rays)
Order
Torpediniformes (Electric rays)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
52.0
Depth range
6–35 m (20–115 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 35 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: South Africa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Critically Endangered (CR) (B2ab(ii))
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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