Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007

Ornate Sleeper Ray

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22, fig. 1. Holotype: SAIAB 78777. Type locality: On reef off Manaba Beach, near Margate, southern KwaZulu-Natal, 30°51.4'S, 30°23.1'E, South Africa.

Local synonymy: Heteronarce sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 116. Electrolux addisoni: Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22, fig. 1; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; de Carvalho, 2016: 173, fig. 16.1; Weigmann, 2016: 912.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 78777 . Paratype: SAM 36908 .

South African distribution: Endemic. Presently known off the KZN coast from Tee Barge to Coffee Bay (EC) (Compagno & Heemstra, 2007).

Remarks: This relatively new genus and species has been known for years by divers along the KZN coast, but was not described until 2007. The known distribution of the species is only within a 310 km stretch of coastline and inside the 50 m isobath (Compagno & Heemstra, 2007).

Conservation status: LC (2019).