A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

Astrape MUELLER & HENLE 1837, type Raja capensis GMELIN 1789
Bengalichthys ANNANDALE 1909, type Bengalichthys impennis ANNAN.
N. CAPENSIS (Gmelin) 1789 Cape Onefin Numbfish
Raja capensis GMELIN 1789 t/l; Cape of Good Hope.
Range; Natal; Cape; Madagascar.
N. DIPTERYGIA (Bloch & Schneider ) 1801 Spotted Onefin Numbfish
Rhinobatus dipterygia BLOCH & SCHNEIDER 1801 t/l; Tranquebar, India.
Bengalichthys impennis ANNANDALE 1909 t/l; Orissa coast.
Range; Arabian Sea to India, China & Japan.
N. JAPONICA (Schlegel ) 1850 Japanese Spotted
Torpedo
Torpedo (Astrape) japonica SCHLEGEL 1850 t/l; Japan.
Ceratoptera ehrenbergi DAY 1888 (non Mueller & Henle)
Range; Japan.
Narke sp. 1 COMPAGNO Thailand Electric
Ray
Narke sp. 2 COMPAGNO Taiwan Dwarf Electric
Ray
Genus TYPHLONARKE Waite 1909
Typhlonarke WAITE 1909, type Astrape aysoni HAMILTON 1902
T. AYSONI (Hamilton ) 1902 Blind Legged
Torpedo
Astrape aysoni HAMILTON 1902 t/l; Foveaux Strait, N.Z.
Range;N. Z.
T. TARAKEA Phillipps 1929 Slender Legged
Torpedo
Typhlonarke tarakea PHILLIPPS 1929 t/l; N.Z.
Range; N.Z.
Genus CRASSINARKE Takagi 1951
Crassinarke TAKAGI 1951, type Crassinarke dormitor TAKAGI 1951
C. DORMITOR Takagi 1951 Sleeper
Torpedo
Crassinarke dormitor TAKAGI 1951 t/l; Japan
Range; Japan
FAMILY TEMERIDAE
Genus TEMERA Gray 1831
Temera GRAY 1831, type Temera hardwickii GRAY 1831
T. HARDWICKEI Gray 1831 Finless Electric
Ray
Temera hardwickei GRAY 1831 t/l; Penang.
Range; Malay Pen., Penang to S. Indo- China ( Cochin China ).
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