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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Torpediniformes |
| Family: | Torpedinidae |
| Genus: | Tetronarce |
| Species: | T. puelcha
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetronarce puelcha Lahille, 1926
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It was first described in 1926 as Torpedo puelcha by Fernando Lahille.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60135A3088651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60135A3088651.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Torpedo puelcha" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tetronarce puelcha (Lahille, 1926)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Fernando Lahille (1926). "Nota sobre el encéfalo de Torpedo puelcha". Physis (in Spanish). 8 (28): 408–411. ISSN 0031-9414. Wikidata Q128018350.
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