Painted electric ray
| Painted electric ray | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Torpediniformes |
| Family: | Narcinidae |
| Genus: | Diplobatis |
| Species: | D. picta
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplobatis picta G. Palmer, 1950
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| Range of the painted electric ray | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diplobatis altenai Boeseman, 1963 | |
The painted electric ray or variegated electric ray (Diplobatis picta, sometimes misspelled pictus) 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 metres (10–390 ft).[1]
References
- ^ a b Pollom, R.; Charles, R.; Charvet, P.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.; Marcante, F.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Nunes, J.; Rincon, G. (2022) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Diplobatis picta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T61404A215496848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61404A215496848.en. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diplobatis picta". FishBase. May 2018 version.
- ^ "Painted Electric Ray (Diplobatis picta)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Michael, Scott W. (2005). Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. ProStar Publications. p. 80. ISBN 1-57785-538-8. Retrieved 18 May 2018.