| Family: |
Narkidae (Sleeper rays) |
| Max. size: |
52 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 1,800.0 g |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 6 - 35 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Indian Ocean: South Africa from Coffee Bay (Eastern Cape Province) to Durban (KwaZulu-Natal) |
| Diagnosis: |
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| 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 (Ref. 75572). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 April 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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