Narcine timlei
Species of cartilaginous fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of cartilaginous fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Narcine timlei, the blackspotted numbfish, black-spotted electric ray, Indian electric ray, largespotted numbfish or spotted numbfish,[3] is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae.
Blackspotted numbfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Torpediniformes |
Family: | Narcinidae |
Genus: | Narcine |
Species: | N. timlei |
Binomial name | |
Narcine timlei | |
Synonyms | |
Raja timlei |
Narcine timlei grows to a maximum length of 38 cm.[4] Antimicrobial compounds can be found in Narcine timlei.[5] The epitopes of N.timlei have remained remarkably conserved throughout evolution.[6]
This species is found in coastal regions and also offshore in the Indo-West Pacific, from Pakistan to the Philippines.[4] Narcine timlei is found in inshore marine waters and can withstand salinity up to 35 parts per thousand.[7]
Narcine timlei is host to a number of parasites including:
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