Painted electric ray

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Painted electric ray
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narcinidae
Genus: Diplobatis
Species:
D. pictus
Binomial name
Diplobatis pictus
G. Palmer, 1950
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Range of the painted electric ray
Synonyms

Diplobatis altenaiBoeseman, 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. [2] [3] [4] It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 meters. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 de Carvalho, M.R. & McCord, M.E. (2006). "Diplobatis pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T61404A12471946. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61404A12471946.en .
  2. ↑ Garilao, Cristina V. "Diplobatis pictus, Painted electric ray". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Painted Electric Ray (Diplobatis pictus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Michael, Scott W. (2005). Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. ProStar Publications. p. 80. ISBN   1-57785-538-8 . Retrieved 18 May 2018.


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