Narke (fish)

Narke (from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "to make numb") is a genus of electric rays in the family Narkidae, found in the western Indo-Pacific and off southern Africa. They have nearly circular pectoral fin discs and short, thick tails with large caudal fins, and can be identified by their single dorsal fin (a trait shared only by Typhlonarke within the family). There are three described species, as well as a fourth undescribed dwarf species from Taiwan.^[1]

Narke
Japanese sleeper ray (N. japonica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Torpediniformes
Family:	Narkidae
Genus:	Narke Kaup, 1826
Type species
Raja capensis Gmelin, 1789
Synonyms
Astrape Müller & Henle, 1837 Bengalichthys Annandale, 1909

Species

• Narke capensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789 (Onefin electric ray)
• Narke dipterygia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Numbray)
• Narke japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (Japanese sleeper ray)