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title: "Brazilian Electric Ray"
description: "Narcine brasiliensis — Pesci. Narcine brasiliensis, the Brazilian electric ray, or sometimes called the lesser numbfish, is a species of electric ray in the family Narcinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brazilian-electric-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brazilian Electric Ray

> Narcine brasiliensis — Pesci. Narcine brasiliensis, the Brazilian electric ray, or sometimes called the lesser numbfish, is a species of electric ray in the family Narcinidae.

- Scientific name: *Narcine brasiliensis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 46
- Wikidata: [Q4958816](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4958816)
- iNaturalist taxon: [106604](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/106604)

## Names

- en: Brazilian Electric Ray
- es: Raya eléctrica torpedo
- fr: Torpille brésilienne

## Countries with the most observations

BR (42)

## Summary

Narcine brasiliensis, the Brazilian electric ray, or sometimes called the lesser numbfish, is a species of electric ray in the family Narcinidae. It is found mostly in the coastal waters of the southwest Atlantic from Brazil to northern Argentina, though smaller populations are found throughout the Caribbean and the South-Eastern American Coast.

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

## Photo

![Brazilian Electric Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brazilian-electric-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jacques Burkhardt · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narcine_brasiliensis.png

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brazilian-electric-ray?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).