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Narcinidae
Chinese numbfish
Narcine lingula
Dark round spots merge into stripes
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Other
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Other
MediumChinese numbfish is known from Indo–West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Electric Rays
- Family
- Narcinidae
- Genus
- Narcine
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Indo–West Pacific; Pakistan to East China Sea (Shanghai), including Taiwan and possibly Japan and Philippines. Conservation status maybe of concern in Northwest Pacific because of its inshore benthic habitat, low abudance, and the presence of intensive demersal fisheries (Ref. 47737 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
