Narcine entemedor
| Giant electric ray | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Torpediniformes |
| Family: | Narcinidae |
| Genus: | Narcine |
| Species: | N. entemedor
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| Binomial name | |
| Narcine entemedor D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895
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Narcine entemedor, the giant electric ray or Cortez electric ray, is a species of
Atlantic, and may represent the same species.[4] The specific epithet entemedor seems to be the Spanish equivalent of "intimidator".[5]
This species attains a maximum length of 76 cm (30 in).albino adult female, measuring 69 cm (27 in) long.[6]
Like other numbfishes, the giant electric ray can deliver a painful
fertilization taking place in July and August.[9] Males may exceed 11 years of age, and females 15 years.[10]
Known
artisanal ray fishery in the Gulf of California, specifically in the coastal waters of the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, being in this last one part of a multispecies fishery.[13]
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8248-1675-9.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Narcine entemedor" in FishBase. February 2009 version.
- ^ a b c Murch, A. CORTEZ ELECTRIC RAY. Elasmodiver.com. Retrieved on February 15, 2009.
- ^ a b Jordan, D.S. (1895). "The Fishes of Sinaloa". Contributions to Biology from the Hopkins Laboratory of Biology. Palo Alto, California: Leland Stanford Jr. University.
- ^ Sandoval-Castillo, J.; Mariano-Melendez, E. & Villavicencio-Garayzar, C. (2006). "New records of albinism in two elasmobranchs : the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier and the giant electric ray Narcine entemedor". Cybium. 30 (2): 191–192.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55209-629-1.
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- ^ Downton-Hoffmann, C.A. and Villavicencio-Garayzar, C.J. (2000). "El Niño"/Southern Oscillation effects on the shovelnose guitarfish, Rinobatos productus, and Pacific electric ray, Narcine entemedor, in Bahía Almejas, B.C.S., México. American Elasmobranch Society 16th Annual Meeting abstracts. Retrieved on February 15, 2009.
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- PMID 9379301.
- PMID 12053975.
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External links
- Photos of Narcine entemedor on Sealife Collection