Species: Diplobatis guamachensis, Brownband Numbfish, Brownband Electric Ray

Diplobatis guamachensis Martín Salazar, 1957

Brownband Numbfish, Brownband Electric Ray

Disc slightly oval, with moderately convex front edge; well-developed electrical organs visible as kidney-shaped mounds on either side of the head; nostrils subdivided with two openings; eyes normally developed, not covered by skin; mouth tubular, protractile, teeth entirely inside mouth when it is closed; 2 dorsal fins of equal size; outer part of inner edge of pelvic fins not joined to side of tail; male claspers not continuous with inner edge of pelvic fins; moderately stout tail with skin fold from under rear of 1st dorsal base to origin of tail fin; tail fin well developed, triangular, upper and lower lobes continuous around the tip.

Upper surface tan to golden tan, with dark brown wavy cross-lines and stripes, dark bars across the tail base; lower surface white.

Reaches 20 cm.

Lives on soft bottoms.

Depth range: 30-183 m.

The southern Caribbean.