Brazilian electric ray
| Brazilian electric ray | |
|---|---|
| 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) | |
The 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 Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Narcine brasiliensis" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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