Ornate sleeper-ray

Ornate sleeper-ray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narkidae
Genus: Electrolux
Compagno & Heemstra, 2007
Species:
E. addisoni
Binomial name
Electrolux addisoni

The ornate sleeper-ray (Electrolux addisoni) is a species of electric ray in the family Narkidae, and the only member of the genus Electrolux. It lives on reefs feeding on polychaete worms and small crustaceans, it has only been seen by divers to feed during the daytime. It is endemic to the coast of South Africa. It was first recorded in 1984 but was not described until 2007.[2] It was ranked as the number one newly described species of 2007 by the International Institute for Species Exploration.[3]

In an episode of Extinct or Alive, an ornate-sleeper ray was caught on footage feeding.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Gledhill, K.; McCord, M.E.; Sink, K. (2019). "Electrolux addisoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T161428A124483384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T161428A124483384.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Compagno, Leonard; Phillip Heemstra (May 2007). "Electrolux addisoni, a new genus and species of electric ray from the east coast of South Africa (Rajiformes: Torpedinoidei: Narkidae), with a review of torpedinoid taxonomy". Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity. 7. The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity: 15–49. ISSN 1684-4130. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference IISE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).