Narcinidae

lesser electric ray

Narcine brasiliensis

Twin electric organs may signal socially

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• South America
• Other
• Large
• Tropical fish

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.