Benthobatis

This article is about genus Benthobatis. For the other genus of blind electric rays, see Typhlonarke.

Benthobatis
Temporal range:
Dark Blind Ray (B. moresbyi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narcinidae
Genus: Benthobatis
Alcock, 1898

Benthobatis is a genus of fish in the family Narcinidae with four currently recognized species.

The only known fossil teeth of this genus are from the Middle Miocene of Japan.

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