Painted electric ray

Painted electric ray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narcinidae
Genus: Diplobatis
Species:
D. picta
Binomial name
Diplobatis picta
G. Palmer, 1950
Range of the painted electric ray
Synonyms

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. It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 metres (10–390 ft).

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diplobatis picta". FishBase. May 2018 version.
  3. ↑ "Painted Electric Ray (Diplobatis picta)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Michael, Scott W. (2005). Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. ProStar Publications. p. 80. ISBN 1-57785-538-8. Retrieved 18 May 2018.