Painted electric ray

Painted electric ray
Painted electric ray
Conservation status
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. ^ a b de Carvalho, M.R. and McCord, M.E. (2006). Diplobatis pictus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on February 15, 2009.