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Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007 Ornate sleeper-ray |
| Family: | Narkidae (Sleeper rays) | |||
| Max. size: | 52 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 1,800.0 g | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 6 - 35 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: South Africa from Coffee Bay (Eastern Cape Province) to Durban (KwaZulu-Natal) | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Found in warm-temperate or subtropical waters approximately 310 km of coastline with very narrow continental shelf (10-36 km wide to the 200 m isobath), however, the few sightings were all inside the 50 m isobath; on reefs with sandy or gravelly areas from close inshore to less than 50 m depth, including patches of appropriate habitat on inshore and offshore rocky banks and reefs. Apparently an infauna or meiofauna feeder, feeding on polychaete worms (including a tube-worm) and at least one small shrimp-like crustacean (Ref. 75572). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 April 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||