Image Gallery: Coffin Ray, Hypnos monopterygius

The Coffin Ray is well known to divers. The fish often hides under the sand from where it can deliver a powerful electric shock to anyone who touches it.  People sometimes see dead Coffin Rays washed up on the beach.

Coffin Ray partially buried in the sand Coffin Ray partially buried in the sand
Coffin Ray on the beach at Greenpatch Coffin Ray on the beach at Greenpatch
Coffin Ray at Shiprock, Port Hacking Coffin Ray at Shiprock, Port Hacking
Coffin Ray with its terminal meal Coffin Ray with its terminal meal
Coffin Ray, Hypnos monopterygius Coffin Ray, Hypnos monopterygius
Coffin Ray on the beach at Greenpatch Coffin Ray on the beach at Greenpatch
Coffin Ray on the beach Coffin Ray on the beach
Mating Coffin Rays Mating Coffin Rays
Male and female Coffin Rays Male and female Coffin Rays
Coffin Ray buried in sand Coffin Ray buried in sand
Rat protruding from gut of a Coffin Ray Rat protruding from gut of a Coffin Ray
Coffin Ray with a rat protruding from its gut Coffin Ray with a rat protruding from its gut
Gilled leech beside the nostril of a Coffin Ray Gilled leech beside the nostril of a Coffin Ray