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Species profile—Narcinops ornata (ornate numbfish)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Narcinidae (numbfishes) → Narcinops ornata (ornate numbfish)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Narcinidae (numbfishes)
Scientific name
Narcinops ornata (Carvalho, 2008)
Common name
ornate numbfish
Type reference
de Carvalho, M.R. (2008). New species of numbfishes from Australia, with a key to Australian electric rays of the genus Narcine Henle, 1834 (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.) Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22.
WildNet taxon ID
22617
Synonym(s)
Narcine sp. A
Narcine ornata
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22617.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024