CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Torpediniformes (order)  »  Torpedinidae (family)

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 28 Torpedinidae (Torpedo Rays) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Short-Tail Torpedo Ray Common Names List: short-tail torpedo ray electric ray Organism Type: a torpedo ray Synonyms: Torpedo macneilli (Whitley, 1932)[in most references prior to 2016] Torpedo tokionis (Tanaka 1908) [Last & Stevens 2009 and possibly some other references] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Parent Codes: 37 028903     Tetronarce spp. Previous Codes (if any): 028003, 37 028006, 028006

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [303] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 90 to 825 m.

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