Variegated electric ray

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Variegated electric ray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narcinidae
Genus: Diplobatus
Species: D. pictus
Binomial name
Diplobatus pictus
Palmer, 1950

The variegated electric ray (Diplobatus pictus) is a species of fish in the Narcinidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, and intertidal flats. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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