Lesser Electric Ray
Narcine bancroftii
Also known as: Bancroft's Numbfish, Brazillian Electric Ray, Caribbean Electric Ray, Electric Ray, Small Electric Ray, Spotted Torpedo Ray, Torpedofish, Trembler
- Bancroft's Numbfish
- Brazillian Electric Ray
- Caribbean Electric Ray
- Electric Ray
- Small Electric Ray
- Spotted Torpedo Ray
- Torpedofish
- Trembler
Overview
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.
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
- Country only · 2
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.
Adult photos 2
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