Diplobatis picta Palmer, 1950
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The painted electric ray or variegated electric ray (Diplobatis picta, sometimes misspelled pictus) is a poorly known species of numbfish, family Narcinidae, native to the western Atlantic Ocean from southeastern Venezuela to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is common on soft substrates at a depth of 2–120 metres (10–390 ft).
Wikipedia contributors, Painted electric ray; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:32:19.478014+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diplobatis picta Palmer, 1950
- Name authority
- Palmer, 1950
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Torpediniformes
- Family
- Narcinidae
- Genus
- Diplobatis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassBatoidea
- orderTorpediniformes
- familyNarcinidae Gill, 1862
- genusDiplobatis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948
- speciesDiplobatis picta Palmer, 1950
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diplobatis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diplobatis colombiensis Fechhelm & McEachran, 1984 | NarcinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplobatis guamachensis Martín Salazar, 1957 | NarcinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bullseye electric rayDiplobatis ommata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1890) | NarcinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diplobatis pictus Palmer, 1950 Palmer, 1950 | synonym |
| Diplobatis altenai Boeseman, 1963 Boeseman, 1963 | synonym |
| Diplobatus pictus Palmer, 1950 Palmer, 1950 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Palmer, G. (1950). A new species of electric ray of the genus Diplobatis from British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12), v. 3 (no. 30) (art. 41): 480–484. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935008654073 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36JHL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.