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Heteronarce

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Narkidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Torpediniformes

Higher classification
  
Narkidae

Similar
  
Electric ray, Batoids, Typhlonarke, Narkidae, Benthobatis

Heteronarce is a genus of sleeper rays in the family Narkidae. This genus is found only in the western Indian Ocean along the coasts of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and India.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

  • Heteronarce bentuviai Baranes & J. E. Randall, 1989 (Elat electric ray)
  • Heteronarce garmani Regan, 1921 (Natal electric ray)
  • Heteronarce mollis Lloyd, 1907 (Soft electric ray)
  • Heteronarce prabhui Talwar, 1981 (Quilon electric ray)

    • References

    Heteronarce Wikipedia
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