---
title: "Caribbean Electric Ray"
description: "Narcine bancroftii — Ryby. The lesser electric ray (Narcine bancroftii), also known as the Brazilian electric ray, small electric ray, spotted torpedo ray, torpedofish or trembler, is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae found on the western coastal fringes of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/caribbean-electric-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caribbean Electric Ray

> Narcine bancroftii — Ryby. The lesser electric ray (Narcine bancroftii), also known as the Brazilian electric ray, small electric ray, spotted torpedo ray, torpedofish or trembler, is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae found on the western coastal fringes of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Narcine bancroftii*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 452
- Wikidata: [Q5016476](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5016476)
- iNaturalist taxon: [106603](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/106603)

## Names

- en: Caribbean Electric Ray
- de: Brasilianischer Zitterrochen
- es: Raya eléctrica caribeña
- fr: Torpille de Bancroft

## Countries with the most observations

US (160), MX (77), MQ (58), GP (43), DM (24), TT (13), JM (11), CO (10), VC (10), VE (7)

## Summary

The lesser electric ray (Narcine bancroftii), also known as the Brazilian electric ray, small electric ray, spotted torpedo ray, torpedofish or trembler, is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae found on the western coastal fringes of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It is a small slow-moving fish, living in the surf zone of sandy or muddy beaches. Here it is easily caught as bycatch by shrimp fisheries and seine netters. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of "least concern".

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

## Photo

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

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45899224

## Machine access

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