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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Torpediniformes |
| Family: | Narcinidae |
| Genus: | Diplobatis |
| Species: | D. pictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplobatis pictus G. Palmer, 1950
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| Range of the painted electric ray | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diplobatis altenai Boeseman, 1963 | |
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Garilao, Cristina V. "Diplobatis pictus, Painted electric ray". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Painted Electric Ray (Diplobatis pictus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Michael, Scott W. (2005). Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. ProStar Publications. p. 80. ISBN 1577855388. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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