Benthobatis
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Benthobatis is a genus of fish
in the Narcinidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Narcinidae
Narcinidae
The numbfishes are a group of electric rays in the family Narcinidae. They are bottom-dwelling cartilaginous fishes with large, rounded pectoral fin discs and long tails...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Benthobatis kreffti Rincón, Stehmann & Vooren, 2001 (Brazilian blind electric ray)
- Benthobatis marcida BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
& Weed, 1909 (Blind torpedo) - Benthobatis moresbyi AlcockAlfred William AlcockAlfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
, 1898 (Dark blind ray) - Benthobatis yangi M. R. de Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert, 2003 (Taiwanese blind electric ray)