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  5. Numbfishes (Narcinidae)

Numbfishes (Narcinidae)

The Numbfishes (Narcinidae) family has 20 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 2 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

  • Brazilian electric ray (Narcine brasiliensis)Brazilian electric rayNarcine brasiliensis
  • Spotted numbfish (Narcine timlei)Spotted numbfishNarcine timlei
  • Apron ray (Discopyge tschudii)Apron rayDiscopyge tschudii
  • Banded numbfishNarcine westraliensis
  • Blind torpedo (Benthobatis marcida)Blind torpedoBenthobatis marcida
  • Brown numbfish (Narcine brunnea)Brown numbfishNarcine brunnea
  • Chinese numbfish (Narcine lingula)Chinese numbfishNarcine lingula
  • Dark blind ray (Benthobatis moresbyi)Dark blind rayBenthobatis moresbyi
  • Darkfinned numbfish (Narcine maculata)Darkfinned numbfishNarcine maculata
  • Eastern numbfishNarcine nelsoni
  • Giant electric ray (Narcine entemedor)Giant electric rayNarcine entemedor
  • Lesser electric ray (Narcine bancroftii)Lesser electric rayNarcine bancroftii
  • Ocellated electric ray (Diplobatis ommata)Ocellated electric rayDiplobatis ommata
  • Painted electric ray (Diplobatis pictus)Painted electric rayDiplobatis pictus
  • Shortlip electric ray (Narcine brevilabiata)Shortlip electric rayNarcine brevilabiata
  • Slender electric ray (Narcine rierai)Slender electric rayNarcine rierai
  • Taiwanese blind electric rayBenthobatis yangi
  • Tasmanian numbfishNarcine tasmaniensis
  • Tonkin numbfish (Narcine prodorsalis)Tonkin numbfishNarcine prodorsalis
  • Vermiculate electric rayNarcine vermiculatus
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