The painted electric ray or variegated electric ray (''Diplobatis pictus'', sometimes misspelled ''picta'') is a poorly known

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

numbfish 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 which ...

, 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 wh ...

, native to the western

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from southeastern

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to the mouth of the Amazon River in

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. It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 meters.

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