- Brazilian electric ray
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Brazilian electric ray Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Torpediniformes Family: Narcinidae Genus: Narcine Species: N. brasiliensis Binomial name Narcine brasiliensis
(Olfers, 1831)Synonyms Narcine brachypleura (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923)
Torpedo brasiliensis Olfers, 1831
Torpedo ocellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824The Brazilian electric ray (Narcine brasiliensis) is a species of electric ray in the family Narcinidae. It inhabits reefs along the western coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from North Carolina to northern Argentina.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Narcine brasiliensis" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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