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Tetronarce californica (Ayres, 1855)

Pacific electric ray
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Tetronarce californica
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Mexico country information

Common names: Torpedo, Torpedo del Pacífico
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: First record from El Portugués (Gulf of California) (24°47'38'' N; 110°39'39'' W) (Ref. 86654). Also reported from Bahia de Sebastian Vizcaino, central Baja California (Ref. 96339, 43939). Also Ref. 6793.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Torpille du Pacifique, Raya eléctrica, Torpedo del Pacífico, ... more

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

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Torpediniformes (Electric rays) > Torpedinidae (Electric rays)
Etymology: californica: Named after the state of California (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Ayres.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 906 m (Ref. 96339), usually 3 - 200 m (Ref. 55307).   Temperate; 48°N - 23°N, 126°W - 110°W (Ref. 55307)

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