Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Lesser Electric Ray
Narcine brasiliensis
Lesser Electric Ray
Also known as: Brazilian Electric Ray
Category: Electric Rays
Scientific Name: Narcine brasiliensis
Size: 10 to 18 in. (25 to 45 cm)  
Depth: 0-80 ft. (0-25 m)
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America, Southern Caribbean, Brazil, Belize, Yucatan peninsula
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Elasmobranchii (Class)
   └Batoidea (Infraclass)
    └Torpediniformes (Order)
     └Narcinidae (Family)
      └Narcine (Genus)
       └N. brasiliensis (Species)

Sharks & Rays
Electric Rays

Lesser Electric Ray



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