Description

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Dorsal surface light brown, series of darker brown blotches and white and brown spots. Irregular rounded dark brown blotches on the outer margins of the pectoral and pelvic fins. Dorsal and caudal light brown. Caudal fins crossed by two brown bands, near the base and tip. Ventral surface white (Ref. 6902).

Common Names

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Gekleurde stroomrog , Dutch , Netherlands

Painted electric ray , English , South Africa

Kirju lahkrai , Estonian , Estonia

Montsuki-shibire-ei , Japanese , Japan

繡花雙電鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China

绣花双电鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Torpedo , Spanish , Colombia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Torpediniformes

Family: Narcinidae

Genus: Diplobatis

Species: Diplobatis picta Palmer, 1950

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: off Guiana and Venezuela; including Brazil.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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demersal