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GBIF·9782215speciesAnimalia552 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderTorpediniformes
  5. ›familyNarkidae
  6. ›genusNarke
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Japanese Sleeper Ray

Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

Also calledJapanischer Schaufelzitterrochen (deu) · Japanischer Schläferrochen (deu) · Japanischer Zitterrochen (deu) · Japanse sluimerrog (nld) · Plettet elrokke (dan) · Razza elettrica giapponese (ita) · Torpedine giapponese (ita) · kuparitorkkurausku (fin) · narcina japonská (ces) · Японская нарка (rus) · シビレエイ (jpn) · 日本單鰭電鰩 (zho) · 日本單鰭電鱝 (zho) · 日本電鱝 (zho)

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Narke japonica in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9782215.