Description

Also known as Bancroft's Numbfish, Brazillian Electric Ray, Caribbean Electric Ray, Small Electric Ray, Spotted Torpedo Ray, Torpedofish, Trembler.

Found often buried in the sand during the day, out at nigh,t feeding over gravel, rubble, sand, and seagrass bottoms, of shallow, bays and coastal reefs.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and worms.
Length - 65cm
Depth - 0-35m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean

Numbfish have a much weaker shock than other types of Electric Rays.

Electric Rays have specialized electric organs each side of their eyes which they use as defines and to ambush and stun their prey and then are able to eat them whole. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/53905