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Narcine entemedor (Cortez electric ray; Giant electric ray)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The giant electric ray or Cortez electric ray, Narcine entemedor, is a species of numbfish, family Narcinidae, native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Panama. It is found in shallow water on sandy bottoms and sometimes adjacent to reefs. This species is closely related to the lesser electric ray (Narcine bancroftii) from the western Atlantic, and may represent the same species. The specific epithet entemedor seems to be the Spanish equivalent of "intimidator".
View Wikipedia Record: Narcine entemedor

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Narcine entemedor

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthobothrium franus[1]
Acanthobothrium inbiorium[1]
Anaporrhutum euzeti[1]
Nagmia rodmani[2]
Taeniacanthodes dojirii[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
2Pollerspöck, 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;
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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