Argentine torpedo

Argentine torpedo
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Torpediniformes
Family:	Torpedinidae
Genus:	Tetronarce
Species:	T. puelcha
Binomial name
Tetronarce puelcha Lahille, 1926
Synonyms
Torpedo puelchaLahille, 1926

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 an electric ray fish species found in South West Atlantic (mostly in Argentina and Brazil). It is moderately large at a length of 104 cm (41 in). ^{[2] [3]}

It was first described in 1926 as Torpedo puelcha by Fernando Lahille. ^{[4] [5]}

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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T60135A3088651. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60135A3088651.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Torpedo puelcha". 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.
4. WoRMS. "Tetronarce puelcha (Lahille, 1926)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-07-28.
5. Fernando Lahille (1926). "Nota sobre el encéfalo de Torpedo puelcha". Physis (in Spanish). 8 (28): 408–411. ISSN   0031-9414. Wikidata   Q128018350.