Description
Also known as Cortez Electric Ray, Cortez Numbfish, Giant Electric Guitarfish, Giant Numbfish.
Found in shallow waters, often buried in the day, over sandy bottoms, foraging for food at night, in bays and coastal reefs.
They feed on sea squirts and worms.
Length - 119cm
Depth - 1-100m
Widespread Eastern Pacific
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/8215
2 comments
Posted by @fishx6As far as I can find there is no fish with the name Narcine gibsonii perhaps you could send a link!
Posted by CarycomicElectric guitarfish, huh? Then, shouldn't its scientific name be Narcine gibsonii?