Torpedo suessii Steindachner, 1898
Red Sea torpedo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Original description:
Steindachner, F. (1898). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 35(19): 198-200.
Conservation Status
Missing
Last recorded in 1898.
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Mocha, Yemen
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original description:
Steindachner, F. (1898). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 35(19): 198-200.
Other references:
de Carvalho, M.R., Stehmann, M.F.W. and Manilo, L.G. 2002. Torpedo adenensis, a new species of electric ray from the Gulf of Aden, with comments on nominal species of Torpedo from the western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and adjacent areas (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae). American Museum Novitates 3369: 1-34.
Garman, S. (1913). The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zoology.
Kyne, P. M., Tesfamichael, D., Fernando, D. and Bineesh, K. K. (2017). Torpedo suessii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T161613A109911839. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T161613A109911839.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2017.
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