Narcine timlei Darkfinned numbfish, Darkspotted Electric Ray

Narcine timlei is commonly referred to as Darkfinned numbfish, Darkspotted Electric Ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1604 

AphiaID:

275399 

Scientific:

Narcine timlei 

German:

Dunkelflossen-Zitterrochen 

English:

Darkfinned Numbfish, Darkspotted Electric Ray 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Torpediniformes (Order) > Narcinidae (Family) > Narcine (Genus) > timlei (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Indo Pacific, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

30 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Smelts 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Narcine atzi
• 
  Narcine bancroftii
  Brasiliansicher Zitter Rochen
• 
  Narcine brasiliensis
  Brasiliansicher Zitterrochen
• Narcine brevilabiata
• Narcine brunnea
• 
  Narcine entemedor
  Riesen-Zitterrochen
• Narcine insolita
• Narcine lasti
• Narcine leoparda
• Narcine lingula
• Narcine maculata
• Narcine nelsoni
• Narcine oculifera
• Narcine ornata
• Narcine prodorsalis
• Narcine rierai
• Narcine tasmaniensis
• 
  Narcine timlei
  Dunkelflossen-Zitterrochen
• Narcine vermiculatus
• Narcine westraliensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-09-16 23:58:14 

Last edit:

2022-09-04 19:56:01 

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