Shortlip Electric Ray
Narcine brevilabiata
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Sharks and rays
The shortlip electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the numbfish family, Narcinidae. It may be synonymous with the blackspotted numbfish, Narcine maculata. The shortlip electric ray is found in shallow continental shelf waters offshore of China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, at a depth of 41 to 70 meters. It is assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as it is caught as by-catch in large numbers by shrimp trawling fisheries operating throughout its range.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Torpediniformes
- Family
- Narcinidae
- Genus
- Narcine