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Diplobatis guamachensis Martín Salazar, 1957

Description

Common Names

  • Venezuelan dwarf numbfish , English , Global
  • Pruunvööt-lahkrai , Estonian , Estonia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Torpediniformes

    Family: Narcinidae

    Genus: Diplobatis

    Species: Diplobatis guamachensis Martín Salazar, 1957

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Atlantic: Trinidad to eastern Colombia, most common off Venezuela. Not in Compagno's 1999 checklist (Ref. 35766).

    • Biology

    A benthic species on continental shelf. Biology unknown. Size known only from few specimens (Ref. 114953).

    Habitat

    demersal