Narcine timlei

{{Speciesbox

| name = Blackspotted numbfish

| image = Narcine timlei Day Mintern 192.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=VanderWright, W.J. |author2=Bin Ali, A. |author3=Bineesh, K.K. |author4=Derrick, D. |author5=Dharmadi, Fahmi, Fernando, D. |author6=Haque, A.B. |date=2021 |title=Narcine timlei |volume=2021 |page=e.T161445A178201830 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161445A178201830.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Narcine

| species = timlei

| authority = (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

| synonyms =

Raja timlei

Narcine microphthalma

Narcine maculata

Narcine macrura[http://data.gbif.org/species/13543985/ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001844/http://data.gbif.org/species/13543985/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}

Narcine indica Henle, 1834

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Narcine timlei, the blackspotted numbfish, black-spotted electric ray, Indian electric ray, largespotted numbfish or spotted numbfish,[http://www.hkis.hk/contents/Publications/Press/FishWeekly/20101105_c.php :: Ichthyological Society of Hong Kong :: 香港魚類學會 ::] is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae.

Description

Narcine timlei grows to a maximum length of 38 cm.[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=8206 Narcine timlei, Spotted numbfish: aquarium] Antimicrobial compounds can be found in Narcine timlei.{{Cite journal|last=Ravitchandirane|first=V|date=2009|title=Evaluation of Antimicrobial Properties of Crude Extracts of Narcine Timlei (Bloch & Scheider-1801).|journal=Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology |volume=3|issue=1|pages=175–80|via=MN Khan}} The epitopes of N.timlei have remained remarkably conserved throughout evolution.{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang|first1=Xing Mei|last2=Liu|first2=Gang|last3=Sun|first3=Man Ji|date=2001-03-23|title=Synthetic antigenic decapeptides of human brain acetylcholinesterase cross-immunoreact with peptide-specific antibodies against Torpediniformes narcine timlei acetylcholinesterase|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006899301020108|journal=Brain Research|language=en|volume=895|issue=1|pages=277–282|doi=10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02010-8| pmid=11259791 | s2cid=33947039 |issn=0006-8993|url-access=subscription}}

Distribution

This species is found in coastal regions and also offshore in the Indo-West Pacific, from Pakistan to the Philippines. Narcine timlei is found in inshore marine waters and can withstand salinity up to 35 parts per thousand.{{Cite journal|last=Roshith|first=C.M.|date=2016|title=Electric Ray Narcine Timlei (Torpediniformes: Narcinidae) from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India.|journal=Current Science|volume=110| issue=8 |pages=1408–10|via=Current Science Association}}

Parasites

Narcine timlei is host to a number of parasites including:

Charopinus narcinae Pillai, 1962
Caudacanthus narcini (Pillai, 1963)
Pseudocharopinus narcinae (Pillai, 1962)
Taeniacanthus narcini Pillai, 1963

References

timlei

Category:Fish described in 1801