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Spottail Sleeper Ray
Narke dipterygia
The numbray or spottail sleeper ray (Narke dipterygia) is a species of electric ray in the family Narkidae. It may be found in shallow muddy estuaries or offshore depths.It is a weak swimmer that lies on the bottom, commonly buried. It eats small marine mammals and fish. It pounces on its prey and wraps its body around its prey, killing or stunning it with electrical shocks.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 106621.