Giant Electric Ray
Narcine entemedor
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Sharks and rays
Narcine entemedor, the giant electric ray or Cortez electric ray, is a species of numbfish, family Narcinidae, native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Panama. It is found in shallow water on sandy bottoms and sometimes adjacent to reefs. This species is closely related to the lesser electric ray from the western Atlantic, and may represent the same species. The specific epithet entemedor seems to be the Spanish equivalent of "intimidator".
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Torpediniformes
- Family
- Narcinidae
- Genus
- Narcine