Painted electric ray

The painted electric ray or variegated electric ray (Diplobatis pictus, sometimes misspelled picta) is a poorly known species of numbfish, family Narcinidae, native to the western Atlantic Ocean from southeastern Venezuela to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil.^[2][3][4] It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 meters.^[1]

Painted electric ray
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Torpediniformes
Family:	Narcinidae
Genus:	Diplobatis
Species:	D. pictus
Binomial name
Diplobatis pictus G. Palmer, 1950
Range of the painted electric ray
Synonyms
Diplobatis altenai Boeseman, 1963

References

1. de Carvalho, M.R. & McCord, M.E. (2006). "Diplobatis pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61404A12471946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61404A12471946.en.
2. Garilao, Cristina V. "Diplobatis pictus, Painted electric ray". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
3. "Painted Electric Ray (Diplobatis pictus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. Michael, Scott W. (2005). Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. ProStar Publications. p. 80. ISBN 1577855388. Retrieved 18 May 2018.