New Zealand torpedo

New Zealand torpedo
New Zealand torpedo
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Torpedinidae
Genus: Torpedo
Species: T. fairchildi
Binomial name
Torpedo fairchildi
F. W. Hutton, 1872

The New Zealand torpedo, Torpedo fairchildi, is a species of electric ray of the family Torpedinidae found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 1,100 m.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Torpedo fairchildi" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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