Narcine timlei explained

Narcine timlei, the blackspotted numbfish, black-spotted electric ray, Indian electric ray, largespotted numbfish or spotted numbfish,^[1] is a species of numbfish in the family Narcinidae.

Description

Narcine timlei grows to a maximum length of 38 cm.^[2] Antimicrobial compounds can be found in Narcine timlei.^[3] The epitopes of N.timlei have remained remarkably conserved throughout evolution.^[4]

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.^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.hkis.hk/contents/Publications/Press/FishWeekly/20101105_c.php

   Ichthyological Society of Hong Kong :: 香港魚類學會 ::

2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=8206 Narcine timlei, Spotted numbfish: aquarium
3. Ravitchandirane. V. 2009. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Properties of Crude Extracts of Narcine Timlei (Bloch & Scheider-1801).. Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology . 3. 1. 175–80. MN Khan.
4. Zhang. Xing Mei. Liu. Gang. Sun. Man Ji. 2001-03-23. Synthetic antigenic decapeptides of human brain acetylcholinesterase cross-immunoreact with peptide-specific antibodies against Torpediniformes narcine timlei acetylcholinesterase. Brain Research. en. 895. 1. 277–282. 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02010-8. 11259791 . 33947039 . 0006-8993.
5. Roshith. C.M.. 2016. Electric Ray Narcine Timlei (Torpediniformes: Narcinidae) from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India.. Current Science. 110. 8 . 1408–10. Current Science Association.