Brazilian electric ray

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

Narcine brachypleura (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923)
Torpedo brasiliensis Olfers, 1831
Torpedo ocellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

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.

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