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Species in the family or subfamily Narkidae: [ 17 ] records

addisoni, Electrolux Compagno [L. J. V.] & Heemstra [P. C.] 2007:22, Figs. 1-4, 5A, 7A, 8, 9A, 11A-14A, 15, 16A-17A, 18 [Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 7; ref. 29194] On reef off Manaba Beach, near Margate, southern KwaZulu-Natal, 30°51.4'S, 30°23.1'E, South Africa, depth 6-12 meters. Holotype: SAIAB 78777. Paratypes: SAM 36908 (1). Plus diving observations. •Valid as Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra 2007 -- (Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:172 [ref. 34997], Ebert et al. 2021:70 [ref. 38234], Carvalho 2022:553 [ref. 39669]). Current status: Valid as Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra 2007. Narkidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) endemic. Habitat: marine.

aysoni, Astrape Hamilton [A.] 1902:225, Pls. 10-12 [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 34 (art. 24) (for 1901); ref. 14877] Foveaux Strait, New Strait, New Zealand. Syntypes: (2) whereabouts unknown. Author is A. Hamilton. •Valid as Typhlonarke aysoni (Hamilton 1902) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:27 [ref. 24556], Nishida in Amaoka et al. 1990:79 [ref. 16024], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Last & Stewart 2015:173 [ref. 34224], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:181 [ref. 34997]). Current status: Valid as Typhlonarke aysoni (Hamilton 1902). Narkidae. Distribution: New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

bentuviai, Narcine Baranes [A.] & Randall [J. E.] 1989:87, Pl. 1; Figs. 1-9 [Israel Journal of Zoology v. 36; ref. 15615] Off Marine Laboratory, Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, depth 160 meters. Holotype: HUJ 13612. Paratypes: BPBM 31833 (1), 31857 (1); HUJ 13613 (1), 13614 (1, partial skeleton), 13615 (1); MNHN 1987-0178 [or 1178] (1). Type catalog: Golani 2006:21 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Narcine bentuviai Baranes & Randall 1989 -- (Baranes & Golani 1993:302 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:5 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Heteronarce bentuviai (Baranes & Randall 1989) -- (Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589] as bentuvai, Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:44 [ref. 27735], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], DiBattista et al. 2015:19 [ref. 35706], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:174 [ref. 34997], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[4] 242 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:14 [ref. 36273], Carvalho 2022:554 [ref. 39669]). Current status: Valid as Heteronarce bentuviai (Baranes & Randall 1989). Narkidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

capensis, Raja Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1512 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. No types known. In one of two copies at CAS the specific name is clearly spelled rapensis; we suspect the rapensis spelling was first, and then changed to capensis as Petromizon was changed to Petromyzon on p. 1513. Perhaps rapensis has not been used subsequently; action by the ICZN would be desirable to fix the spelling as capensis. •Valid as Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789) -- (Compagno 1986:114 [ref. 5648], Compagno 1995:114 [ref. 21955], Compagno 1986:114 [ref. 5648], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:90 [ref. 25472], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Carvalho et al. 2002:135 [ref. 26196], Carvalho & Randall 2003:59 [ref. 26773], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194] dated 1788, Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:177 [ref. 34997], Fricke et al. 2018:22 [ref. 35805], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:129 [ref. 37302], Ebert et al. 2021:71 [ref. 38234], Carvalho 2022:556 [ref. 39669], Leeney 2024:67 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789). Narkidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), ?Mozambique, east to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

capensis, Torpedo Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:13 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.202 [Gronovius coll.] (skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:205 [ref. 13434]. •Synonym of Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789) -- (Wheeler 1958:205 [ref. 13434]). Current status: Synonym of Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789). Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

dipterygia, Raja Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:359 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4583. Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:171-172 [ref. 21041], Paepke 1999:105 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Narke dipterygia (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:12 [ref. 6441], Monkolprasit 1990:389 [ref. 20064], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:212 [ref. 24016], Compagno & Last 1990:1445 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:163 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Wang et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26566], Nakabo 2002:163 [ref. 26001], Carvalho et al. 2002:135 [ref. 26196], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:17 [ref. 27712], Compagno et al. 2005:64 [ref. 29145], Last el al. 2010:166 [ref. 32461], Psomadakis et al. 2015:96 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:178 [ref. 34997], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 3 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:200 [ref. 37272], Haroon & Kibria 2021:101 [ref. 39241], Srinivasan et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38695], Bhatt et al. 2022:2 [ref. 38993], Carvalho 2022:557 [ref. 39669]). Current status: Valid as Narke dipterygia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Narkidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman east to Malaysia, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

dormitor, Crassinarke Takagi [K.] 1951:30, Pl. 1; Fig. 1 [Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 4309] Coast east of Cape Ashizuri, Kochi Prefecture, 133°07.2'E, 32°43.2'N, Japan, depth 80 meters. Holotype (unique): Nat. Univ. of Maritime Products, Tokyo. •Valid as Crassinarke dormitor Takagi 1951 -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:12 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:163 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:290 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:163 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:397 [ref. 28370], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Kim et al. 2020:43 [ref. 39118]). •Synonym of Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194] with question, Carvalho 2016:179 [ref. 34997]). Current status: Synonym of Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

garmani, Heteronarce Regan [C. T.] 1921:414 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 7 (no. 41); ref. 3672] 15-20 miles off River Umvoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, depth 120-130 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1921.3.1.3. •Valid as Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921 -- (Compagno 1986:113 [ref. 5648], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:327 [ref. 20056], Compagno 1995:114 [ref. 21955], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:175 [ref. 34997], Fricke et al. 2018:22 [ref. 35805] with author as Renagn, Ebert et al. 2021:70 [ref. 38234], Carvalho 2022:555 [ref. 39669]). Current status: Valid as Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921. Narkidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mozambique to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

hardwickii, Temera Gray [J. E.] 1831:7 [Zoological Miscellany 1831; ref. 1879] Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1953.8.10.9-10 (2). Figured in Gray 1834:v. 2, Pl. 102 (fig. 1) [ref. 1878]. Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194] mention Temerara hardwickii of Tirant 1929 [p. 75 or reimpression] -- it is not an original description but a misspelling of Temera. Compagno & Heemstra date to 1929, a reimpression of Tirant 1885. Actual date is 1885 which is ref. 17922, but the original not seen by me [WNE]. •Valid as Temera hardwickii Gray 1831 -- (Monkolprasit 1990:389 [ref. 20064], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:85 [ref. 27969], Compagno & Last 1999:1446 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Compagno et al. 2005:64 [ref. 29145], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Last el al. 2010:168 [ref. 32461], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:180 [ref. 34997], Psomadakis et al. 2020:201 [ref. 37272] as cf. hardwickii). Current status: Valid as Temera hardwickii Gray 1831. Narkidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea off Myanmar east to Singapore and Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

impennis, Bengalichthys Annandale [N.] 1909:48, Fig. 6, Pl. 3a (fig. 7) [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 126] Balasore Bay, Orissa coast, India, depth about 15 fathoms. Holotype: ZSI F2357/1 (head). Paratypes: BMNH 1909.7.12.13 (1), not MCZ 32669 [ex ZSI] (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:98 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Narke dipterygia (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). Current status: Synonym of Narke dipterygia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Torpedo (Astrape) Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:307, Pl. 140 [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D2418 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D2314 (1, stuffed), D2369 (1, stuffed), D2735 (1, stuffed). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:224 [ref. 12876]. •Possibly a synonym of Crassinarke dormitor Takagi 1951 -- (Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:12 [ref. 6441], Cheng & Zhou 1997:58 [ref. 26385], Senou & Masuda 1998:5 [ref. 24388], Compagno & Last 1999:1446 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:163 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:29 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2001:290 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:163 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:64, 480 [ref. 26218], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Shinohara et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31715], Yamashita et al. 2012:129 [ref. 32408], Ebert et al. 2013:344 [ref. 33045], Shinohara et al. 2014:234 [ref. 33330], Dyldin 2015:58 [ref. 34524], Carvalho 2016:179 [ref. 34997], Kim et al. 2020:43 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Narkidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

mollis, Narcine Lloyd [R. E.] 1907:8 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 15153] Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, 13°36'00"N, 47°32'00"E, Investigator station 360, depth 130 fathoms. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Heteronarce mollis (Lloyd 1907) -- (Lloris & Rucabado 1991:327 [ref. 20056], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:176 [ref. 34997], Carvalho 2022:555 [ref. 39669]). Current status: Valid as Heteronarce mollis (Lloyd 1907). Narkidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Somalia, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Aden, India. Habitat: marine.

natalensis, Narcine Fowler [H. W.] 1925:198, Fig. 2 [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 5 (pt 2); ref. 15535] Off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 40 fathoms. Holotype: ANSP 53010. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:162 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921 -- (Compagno 1986:113 [ref. 5648], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). Current status: Synonym of Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921. Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

prabhui, Heteronarce Talwar [P. K.] 1981:149, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India v. 3 (no. 3); ref. 8535] Arabian Sea off Quilon, 9°N, 76°E, India, 300 meters. Holotype: ZSI F7614/2. Paratypes: ZSI F7615/2-19/2 (5). See Das 2003:385 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Heteronarce prabhui Talwar 1981 -- (Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). •Probably a junior synonym of Heteronarce mollis (Lloyd 1907) -- (Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211]). •Synonym of Heteronarce mollis (Lloyd 1907) -- (Last & Yearsley 2016:4 [ref. 34940]). Current status: Synonym of Heteronarce mollis (Lloyd 1907). Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

rapensis, Raja Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1512 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. See account of Raja capensis Gmelin; apparently rapensis is a typesetting error for capensis; it is suggested that capensis be used following current usage. •Synonym of Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789). Current status: Synonym of Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789). Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

regani, Heteronarce von Bonde [C.] & Swart [D. B.] 1923:14, Pl. 22 (fig. 2) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 5); ref. 522] Natal, South Africa, Pickle station 107 and 466, depth 115-180 fathoms. Syntypes: (several) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921 -- (Compagno 1986:113 [ref. 5648], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). Current status: Synonym of Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921. Narkidae. Habitat: marine.

tarakea, Typhlonarke Phillipps [W. J.] 1929:101, Fig. 3 [The New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology v. 11; ref. 16054] Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): NMNZ P.402. Type catalog: Hardy 1990:6 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Typhlonarke tarakea Phillipps 1929 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:27 [ref. 24556], Compagno 1999:487 [ref. 25589], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194] with question, Last & Stewart 2015:174 [ref. 34224], Weigmann 2016:76 [ref. 34211]). •Probably in synonymy of Typhlonarke aysoni (Hamilton 1902) -- (Carvalho 2016:181 [ref. 34997]). •Synonym of Typhlonarke aysoni (Hamilton 1902) -- (Last & Yearsley 2016:4 [ref. 34940]). Current status: Synonym of Typhlonarke aysoni (Hamilton 1902). Narkidae. Habitat: marine.