Argentine torpedo

Tetronarce puelcha, commonly known as the Argentine torpedo, is a species of fish in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is rare electric ray fish species, which is moderately large (104 cm) found in South West Atlantic (mostly in Argentina and Brazil).[2][3]

Argentine torpedo
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T. puelcha
Binomial name
Tetronarce puelcha
Lahille, 1926
Synonyms
  • Torpedo puelcha Lahille, 1926

References

  1. Pollom, R., Barreto, R., Charvet, P., Chiaramonte, G.E., Cuevas, J.M., Herman, K., Montealegre-Quijano, S., Motta, F., Paesch, L. & Rincon, G 2020. Tetronarce puelcha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Torpedo puelcha" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
  3. Carvalho, M.R. de. (2015): Torpedinidae. In : Heemstra, P.C., Heemstra, E. & Ebert, D.A. (Eds.), Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean. Vol. 1. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa. In press.


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