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Narcine westraliensis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Ningaloo Marine Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other sharks & rays.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Numbfish sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 24 sharks and rays we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Numbfish in Ningaloo Marine Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Ningaloo Marine Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 50 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Numbfish sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Ningaloo Marine Park, in our data
Ningaloo Marine Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Banded Numbfish sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Numbfish is recorded against all the sharks and rays logged in Ningaloo Marine Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
