Electric Ray

Narcinops tasmaniensis

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth55–290 m
Water temperature14–24 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and November
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 13 records
February: 48 records
March: 87 records
April: 63 records
May: 34 records
June: 47 records
July: 44 records
August: 34 records
September: 26 records
October: 61 records
November: 99 records
December: 40 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 55–290 m · Deepest record: 463 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 12 records
40–50 m: 26 records
50–60 m: 13 records
60–70 m: 4 records
70–80 m: 26 records
80–90 m: 6 records
90–100 m: 6 records
100–110 m: 16 records
110+ m: 437 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–24 °C

12–14 °C: 30 records
14–16 °C: 51 records
16–18 °C: 40 records
18–20 °C: 153 records
20–22 °C: 175 records
22–24 °C: 24 records

Names and classification

English: Electric Ray, Electric Torpedo, Ground Shark, Little Numbfish, Numbfish, Tasmanian Numbfish

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Raya eléctrica de Tasmania

Other scientific names: Narcine tasmaniensis

Similar species

Last's Numbfish
Narcinops lasti
Eastern Numbfish
Narcinops nelsoni
Ornate Numbfish
Narcinops ornatus
Banded Numbfish
Narcinops westraliensis
Brown Numbfish
Narcine timlei
Dark Blindray
Benthobatis moresbyi

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
626 open-data records from 1898 to 2016.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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