A reduction in abundance of 98% was previously reported from the northern Gulf of Mexico, which formed the basis of the previous assessment of Critically Endangered published in 2007. However, an updated analysis which examined a number of data sources, including that used in the original assessment, determined that there has been no decrease in the abundance of the Caribbean Numbfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico since 1972 and that the trend in abundance is relatively stable. Levels of bycatch from the United States (U.S.) shrimp trawl fishery are small primarily because the shrimp fishery operates in areas of muddy sediment where Caribbean Numbfish are not found. Based on interactions with commercial fishing gear and the species’ life history (small size and fast growth rate), impacts from bycatch are likely to be low. Species-specific data are lacking from outside of U.S. waters, where the range of the species overlaps with areas of generally unregulated intense inshore fisheries, some of which would be taking this species as bycatch. However, electric rays have limited to no commercial value and are generally discarded. The species was proposed for listing on the U.S. Endangered Species Act and subsequently was determined not to be in danger of extinction globally. Given a lack of evidence of population reduction in U.S. waters where data are available, and which represents a sizable proportion of the range, the species is assessed as Least Concern. However, monitoring is required elsewhere in its range where data are currently not available.