black marlin

Tetronarce nobiliana

Torpedinid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea

Black
Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
North America
Oceania
South America
Other
Large
Tropical fish

The Atlantic torpedo (Tetronarce nobiliana) is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to Brazil in the west and from Scotland to West Africa and off southern Africa in the east, occurring at depths of up to 800 m (2,600 ft), and in the Mediterranean Sea. Younger individuals generally inhabit shallower, sandy or muddy habitats, whereas adults are more pelagic in nature and frequent open water.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Electric Rays
Family: Torpedinidae
Genus: Tetronarce
Maximum length: 180 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: other
Distribution: Circumglobal. Eastern Atlantic: Scotland (rare in North Sea) to Morocco, whole of Mediterranean, but not Black Sea; Cap Blanc in Mauritania to Gulf of Guinea, São Tomé Island; Walvis Bay, Namibia to Mossel Bay, South Africa (Ref. 5578 ). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada south to Brazil (Ref. 26340 ). Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia (Ref. 114953 ). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 114953 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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