- Painted electric ray
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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, 1950Range 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
- ^ 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.
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