Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:16498dcc-3f55-441f-937c-995a5e391f11

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

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To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Hypnos monopterygius
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Species presence

Recorded In Australia

Marine Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNLeast Concern

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO, Image enhancement funded by CSIRO/FRDC

Description

The unusual pear -like shape of the coffin ray distinguishes it from all other rays. Its body is flabby, with the two large, kidney -shaped electric organs visible on both sides of the head. The pectoral fins form a greatly enlarged disc about as wide as long, that is thick at the center and thin at the margins. ... source: Wikipedia

Online resources

Australian National Fish Collection Images
- Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life
- Description, Images
Reef Life Survey Images
- Images, Occurrence record
Wikipedia
- Description, Distribution

Species Lists

RLS profile v3
IUCN_Threat_status:	Not assessed
Habitat:	Moderately exposed sand
Description:	The coffin ray has a distinctive double-lobed shape with very short tail. The species should be well known to most NSW and WAdivers because of the severe electric shock produced on contact. In many cases, divers receive shocks when placing a hand on apparently bare sand—the only sign of a concealed ray is its two fringed nostrils open at the sediment surface
Range:	211.125
Abundance:	1
Depth:	2–220 m
Max_size:	690 mm
Commercial_Uses:	None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Distribution:	Broome, WA, to Caloundra, Qld.
Frequency:	0.338
Diet:	The coffin ray feeds on comparatively large fish, which are stunned and pounced on, the lobes wrapping around and engulfing the victim
Threats:	No major threats to this species are known
Invasive:	Not known to be invasive
Common_Name:	Coffin ray;Numbfish

Images

Hypnos monopterygius
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence: Creative Common Attribution 3.0 Australia
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO, Image enhancement funded by CSIRO/FRDC
Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images

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Hypnos monopterygius
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence: CC Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images

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Image by: Antony King
Licence: CC-BY-NC
Rights: Photo: MLSSA (Anne Wilson - Heterodontus portusjacksoni), mlssa.asn.au
Source: Marine Life Society of South Australia

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Image by: Chris Hall
Licence: CC-BY-NC
Rights: Photo: MLSSA (Anne Wilson - Heterodontus portusjacksoni), mlssa.asn.au
Source: Marine Life Society of South Australia

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Hypnos monopterygius	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Hypnarche monopterygium (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)	Australian Faunal Directory
Hypnarche monopterygium (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Aust. Zool. Vol. 9 (4) pp. 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31
Hypnos monopterygium (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)	Australian Faunal Directory
Hypnos monopterygium (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. Aust. Zool. Vol. 6 (4) pp. 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27
Lophius monopterygius Shaw & Nodder, 1795	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1795. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. London Vol. 6 pls 196–230, unnumbered pages
Hypnarche subnigra Duméril, 1852	Australian Faunal Directory
Hypnarche subnigrum (Duméril, 1852)	Australian Faunal Directory
Hypnos subnigrum Duméril, 1852	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Duméril, A.H.A. 1852. Monographie de la famille des torpédiniens, ou poissons plagiostomes électriques. Rev. Mag. Zool. (Paris) Ser. 2 Vol. 4 pp. 270-285
Hypnarche subnigra Duméril, 1852	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Mem. Aust. Mus. Vol. 5 pp. 1–144
Hypnarche subnigrum (Duméril, 1852)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Univ. Vol. 36 pp. 1-528 pls 1-77

Common Names

Common name	Source
Coffin Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Electric Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Numbie Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Short-tail Electric Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Torpedo Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Australian Numbfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Cramp-fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Numb-fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Crampfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Large Numbfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Numbfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Short-tailed Electric Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory

Hypnos monopterygius (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)

Coffin Ray

Life Science Identifier (LSID):

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