Narcine brasiliensis

Familia: Narcinidae
Genus: Narcine
Species: Narcine brasiliensis

Narcine brasiliensis

Taxonavigation: Torpediniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Torpediniformes

Name

Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831)

• Syntypes (2): ZMB 4577 (1).

Type locality: Brazil.

Etymology: named after the type locality, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Torpedo brasiliensis Olfers, 1831
• Torpedo pictus Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Narcine brasiliensis var. corallina Garman, 1881
• Narcine brasiliensis var. punctata Garman, 1881
• Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian Electric Ray

References

• Olfers, J.F.M. von 1831. Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen und antiquarischen Beziehungen erläutert. Berlin. 1-35, Pls. 1-3. Reference page. 
• Rolim, F.A., Rotundo, M.M. & Vaske-Júnior, T. 2015. Notes on the reproductive biology of the Brazilian electric ray Narcine brasiliensis (Elasmobranchii: Narcinidae). Journal of Fish Biology 89(1): 1105–1111. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12778 Reference page. 

Links

• Narcine brasiliensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Narcine brasiliensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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