Narcinidae, T.N.Gill, 1862

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Narcinidae (numbfishes)

Narcine tasmaniensis (Tasmanian numbfish) ( fig. 70)

The four specimens of this Australian endemic included here all came from New South Wales, Australia. The range of the pairwise differences among these specimens was 0–9, with an average of 4.5.

Narcine lasti (western numbfish) ( fig. 70)

A single specimen of this western Australian species was included in the analysis. It is in the Australian National Fish Collection (GN4628 5 ANFC H 6418-01). It grouped most closely with the specimens of N. tasmaniensis . The average of the pairwise differences between this specimen and those of the latter species was 83.8.

Narcine entemedor (Cortez electric ray) ( fig. 70)

The analysis included a single specimen of this species, which was collected from the Gulf of California and thus represents the more northern part of the distribution of this species, which has been reported as far south as Peru. This specimen grouped with Narke capensis outside all the other species and genera of electric rays included in the analysis. The average of the pairwise differences between this species and N. tasmaniensis was 282 bases, and between N. entemedor and N. lasti is 281 bases.