Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Torpediniformes > Narcinidae > Narcine > Narcine brasiliensis

Narcine brasiliensis (Trembler; Torpedofish; Spotted torpedo ray; Small electric ray; Lesser electric ray; Electric ray; Bvrazilian electric ray; Brazilian electric ray)

Synonyms: Narcine brachypleura; Torpedo brasiliensis; Torpedo ocellata (heterotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

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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Infraspecies

Narcine brasiliensis var. brasiliensis
Narcine brasiliensis var. corallina
Narcine brasiliensis var. punctata

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Prey / Diet

Rashgua lobatus[1]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Diet of the lesser electric ray Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831) (Elasmobranchii, Narcinidae) in southern Brazil, LUCIANA CERQUEIRA FERREIRA, CAROLUS MARIA VOOREN, Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences (2012), 7(1):37-44
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0