Torpedo puelcha

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Electric rays; Ovoviviparous[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Ecology: Benthic in continental shelf and slope waters . Reported inshore to 600 m depth, apparently generally in deeper water in Argentina than in Brazil (Menni and Stehmann 2000). A moderately large species (to at least 104 cm TL ), viviparous like other electric rays, but nothing else known of its biology .

Life history parameters
Age at maturity (years): Unknown.
Size at maturity (total length): From ~65 cm TL (female); From ~60 cm TL (male).
Longevity (years): Unknown.
Maximum size (total length): At least 104 cm TL.
Size at birth (cm): Unknown.
Average reproductive age (years): Unknown.
Gestation time (months): Unknown.
Reproductive periodicity: Unknown.
Average annual fecundity or litter size : Unknown.
Annual rate of population increase: Unknown.
Natural mortality: Unknown. (Ref. 311255).

List of Habitats :

•     10     Marine Oceanic   
  
•     10.1     Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Tetronarce puelcha (Lahille

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year from Eschmeyer[2].

Cousseau and Bastida (1982) provided a redescription and comparison with T. nobiliana.[3].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Torpedo

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. adenensis (Aden Gulf Torpedo) · T. alexandrinsis (Alexandrine Torpedo) · T. andersoni (Florida Torpedo) · T. bauchotae (Rosette Torpedo) · T. californica (Pacific Electric Ray) · T. fairchildi (New Zealand Electric Ray) · T. formosa (Taiwan Torpedo Ray) · T. fuscomaculata (Blackspotted Electric Ray) · T. mackayana (West African Torpedo Ray) · T. macneilli (Short-Tail Torpedo Ray) · T. marmorata (Common Crampfish) · T. microdiscus (Smalldisk Torpedo) · T. nobiliana (Great Torpedo Ray) · T. panthera (Panther Electric Ray) · T. peruana (Peruvian Torpedo) · T. puelcha (Argentine Torpedo) · T. semipelagica (Semipelagic Torpedo) · T. sinuspersici (Variable Torpedo Ray) · T. suessii (Orange-Spotted Toadfish) · T. tokionis (Trapezoid Torpedo) · T. torpedo (Ocellated Tonguefish) · T. tremens (Torpedo Electric Ray) · T. tremens peruana (Peruvian Torpedo)

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Further Reading

• Anonymous. 2004. Report on the implementation of the UN FAO International Plan of Action for Sharks (IPOA?Sharks). AC20 Inf. 5. Twentieth meeting of the CITES Animals Committee, Johannesburg (South Africa), 29 March?2 April 2004.
• Cousseau, M.B. and Bastida, R. 1982. Capturas ocasionales de Torpedo puelcha Lahille, 1928, en aguas argentinas (Chondrichthyes, Torpedinidae). Neotropica 28(80):139?145.
• IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.iucnssg.org/.
• IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
• Menni, R.C. and Stehmann, M.F.W. 2000. Distribution, environment and biology of batoid fishes off Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, a review. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (Nueva Serie) 2(1): 69-109.
• Mould, B. (1994). A world list of rays. The scientific nomenclature and distribution of the recent Batoidea (Batoidea, Elasmobranchii, Chondrichthyes) University of Nottingham, [UK]. 82 p.
• Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Carvalho, Marcelo (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Stehmann, M.F.W, San Martin, J. & de Carvalho, M.R. 2006. Torpedo puelcha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3903328
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-139767
• Fishbase Species ID: 57376
• IUCN ID: 246691
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126683

Footnotes

1. Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds (1997). Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264:1309-1315. [back]
2. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (2000). Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 2000. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 2000. [back]
3. Stehmann, M.F.W, San Martin, J. & de Carvalho, M.R. 2006. Torpedo puelcha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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