Painted electric ray | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]