Tetronarce
Tetronarce is a genus of rays, commonly known as electric rays. They are slow-moving bottom-dwellers capable of generating electricity as a defense and feeding mechanism. Tetronarce species tend to attain a much larger size (up to 180 cm TL) than Torpedo species, which are usually small to moderate sized (range from 25 to 80 cm TL) electric rays.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Western Atlantic Torpedo
speciesTetronarce occidentalis
Pacific Electric Ray
speciesTetronarce californica
Atlantic Torpedo
speciesTetronarce nobiliana
Chilean Torpedo
speciesTetronarce tremens
Longtail Torpedo Ray
speciesTetronarce tokionis
Argentine Torpedo
speciesTetronarce puelcha
Taiwan Torpedo
speciesTetronarce formosa
Cowley's Torpedo
speciesTetronarce cowleyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607404.