Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Torpediniformes

Family: Narcinidae

Genus: Diplobatis

Species: Diplobatis ommata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1890)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

A nocturnal and solitary species found on sand and rock bottoms, in bays and on coral reefs (Ref. 12951). Feeds on small crustaceans, worms, and fishes (Ref. 37955). The smallest adult males known ca. 15 cm TL, females ca. 18 cm TL (Ref. 114953).

Habitat

associated