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Hypnos monopterygius (Shaw, 1795)

Coffin ray
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Australia country information

Common names: Australian numbfish, Coffin ray, Crampfish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from tropical and warm temperate waters, from Broome in Western Australia to St. Vincents Gulf in South Australia; also from Caloundra in Queensland to Eden in New South Wales (Ref. 6871). Common inshore (Ref. 6871). Gives birth in the summer (Ref. 12951).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Australian numbfish, Australian numbfish, Korthalet elrokke, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Torpediniformes (Electric rays) > Hypnidae (Coffin rays)
Etymology: Hypnos: Greek, hypnos = sleep (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Shaw.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 240 m (Ref. 9710).   Temperate; 18°S - 38°S, 112°E - 155°E (Ref. 114953)

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