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.[2][3][4] It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 meters.[1]

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

Diplobatis altenai Boeseman, 1963

References edit

  1. ^ a b de Carvalho, M.R. & McCord, M.E. (2006). "Diplobatis pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61404A12471946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61404A12471946.en.
  2. ^ Garilao, Cristina V. "Diplobatis pictus, Painted electric ray". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Painted Electric Ray (Diplobatis pictus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ Michael, Scott W. (2005). Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. ProStar Publications. p. 80. ISBN 1577855388. Retrieved 18 May 2018.