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title: "Brown Numbfish"
description: "Narcine brunnea — Poissons. Narcine brunnea, the brown numbfish or brown electric ray, is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/brown-numbfish-narcine-brunnea
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brown Numbfish

> Narcine brunnea — Poissons. Narcine brunnea, the brown numbfish or brown electric ray, is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae.

- Scientific name: *Narcine brunnea*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 3
- Wikidata: [Q5022408](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5022408)
- iNaturalist taxon: [526863](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/526863)

## Names

- en: Brown Numbfish
- es: Raya eléctrica café

## Countries with the most observations

IN (3)

## Summary

Narcine brunnea, the brown numbfish or brown electric ray, is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae. It is found in Indo-West Pacific countries such as Pakistan off coast, India, Sri Lanka, to the Gulf of Thailand. They mainly live in continental waters, both inshore and offshore. The maximum length is about 22 cm (8.7 in).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcine_brunnea

## Photo

![Brown Numbfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-numbfish-narcine-brunnea/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sahat Ratmuangkhwang, Andaman Coastal Research Station for Development, Kasetsart University · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narcine_brunnea.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-numbfish-narcine-brunnea?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).