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Painted electric ray

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Torpediniformes

Genus
  
Diplobatis

Higher classification
  
Diplobatis

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Narcinidae

Scientific name
  
Diplobatis pictus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Diplobatis, Colombian electric ray, Batoids, Electric ray, Benthobatis

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. It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 meters.

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