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Common names: Electric torpedo, Electric ray, Ground shark
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Coffs Harbour in New South Wales south to Tasmania and as far west to at least Beachport in South Australia (Ref. 6871). Common throughout its range (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 12951.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

塔斯马尼双鳍电鳐, Australsk elrokke, Tasmaanse stroomrog, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Torpediniformes (Electric rays) > Narcinidae (Numbfishes)
Etymology: More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 5 - 640 m (Ref. 6871), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 114953). Temperate; 30°S - 44°S, 126°E - 154°E (Ref. 114953)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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Narcinops tasmaniensis (Richardson, 1841)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology