''Benthobatis'' is a genus of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
in the family
Narcinidae
Narcinidae, or numbfishes, are a family of electric rays (order Torpediniformes). They are bottom-dwelling cartilaginous fishes with large, rounded pectoral fin discs and long tails. They can produce an electric discharge for defense, from whic ...
with four currently recognized species.
Species
* ''
Benthobatis kreffti''
Rincón, Stehmann & Vooren, 2001 (Brazilian blind electric ray)
* ''
Benthobatis marcida''
B. A. Bean & A. C. Weed, 1909 (Blind torpedo)
* ''
Benthobatis moresbyi''
Alcock, 1898 (Dark blind ray)
* ''
Benthobatis yangi''
M. R. de Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert, 2003 (Taiwanese blind electric ray)
References
Narcinidae
Ray genera
Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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