Wizard Marbled Electric Ray

It can survive in environments with very little dissolved oxygen such as tidal pools.

Wizard marbled electric ray.

Equipped with electric organs this ray is an advanced ambush predator whose mottled skin color renders it nearly invisible to unsuspecting eyes. It can survive in environments with very little dissolved oxygen such as tidal pools. It is distinguishable from other torpedo species in its range by its ornate dorsal coloration. The torpedo fish or electric ray appears continuously in premodern natural histories as a magical creature and its ability to numb fishermen without seeming to touch them was a significant source of evidence for the belief in occult qualities in nature during the ages before the discovery of electricity as an explanatory mode.

The gulf torpedo marbled electric ray or variable electric ray torpedo sinuspersici is a species of electric ray in the family torpedinidae it is found in the indian ocean but may represent a species flock of several local endemic species. The marbled electric ray also known as the marbled torpedo ray is one of many ray species that will literally leave prey in shock. Males reach maturity at approximately 10 inches 25 1 cm total length and females at 12 inches 31 2 cm total length corresponding to approximately 5 years of age.