Brazilian electric ray | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Torpediniformes |
Family: | Narcinidae |
Genus: | Narcine |
Species: | N. brasiliensis |
Binomial name | |
Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831) |
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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.