Blackspotted numbfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Torpediniformes |
Family: | Narcinidae |
Genus: | Narcine |
Species: | N. timlei |
Binomial name | |
Narcine timlei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
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Synonyms | |
Raja timlei |
The blackspotted numbfish (Narcine timlei), also known as the black-spotted electric ray, Indian electric ray, largespotted numbfish, and spotted numbfish,[2] is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae.
The blackspotted numbfish grows to a maximum length of 38 cm.[3]
This species is found in coastal regions and also offshore in the Indo-West Pacific, from Pakistan to the Philippines.[3]