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Narcine insolita Carvalho, Séret & Compagno, 2002

Madagascar numbfish
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Madagascar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality. Known from off the north-west and south-west coasts of Madagascar (Ref. 93929).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: de Carvalho, M.R., B. Séret and L.J.V. Compagno, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Madagaskari akurai, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Torpediniformes (Electric rays) > Narcinidae (Numbfishes)
Etymology: Narcine: Greek, narke = numbness (Ref. 45335);  insolita: Name from Latin 'insolitus' meaning unusual or uncommon; referring to the unusual and unique disparate dimensions of the dorsal fins, treated as an adjective (feminine)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 150 - 175 m (Ref. 93929).   Tropical; 15°S - 25°S, 42°E - 45°E (Ref. 114953)

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