Painted electric ray
Painted electric ray | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Torpediniformes |
Family: | Narcinidae |
Genus: | Diplobatis |
Species: | D. pictus |
Binomial name | |
Diplobatis pictus G. Palmer, 1950 | |
Range of the painted electric ray | |
Synonyms | |
Diplobatis altenai Boeseman, 1963 |
The painted electric ray or variegated electric ray, Diplobatis pictus (sometimes misspelled picta), is a poorly known species of numbfish, family Narcinidae, native to the western Atlantic Ocean from southeastern Venezuela to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 meters.[1]
References
- 1 2 de Carvalho, M.R. & McCord, M.E. (2006). "Diplobatis pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
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