First record of the electric ray Narcine leoparda in Ecuadorian waters

paper3Published online on 17. March 2015

First record of the electric ray Narcine leoparda (Batoidea: Torpediniforms: Narcinidae) in Ecuadorian waters

A.F. Romero-Caicedo, J. Pincay-Espinoza, J. Palma-Chávez, M. Carrera-Fernández

ABSTRACT:

Six electric rays, Narcine leoparda, were caught off the coast of Manta, Ecuador between August 2013 and January 2014. These specimens represent the first record in Ecuadorian waters and the southernmost report in the eastern Pacific for the distribution of Narcine leoparda.

Marine Biodiversity Records, Volume 8, e32, doi:10.1017/S1755267215000068

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