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Ringed torpedo (Torpedo mackayana)
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Ringed torpedo (Torpedo mackayana) specimen
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Torpedinidae

Ringed torpedo

Torpedo mackayana

Brown white spotted disc

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Torpedo mackayana, commonly known as the ringed torpedo, Western African torpedo, West African torpedo ray, McKay electric ray, or McKay's torpedo ray, is an electric ray species in the family Torpedinidae, which lives in shallow waters on the western coast of Africa. Characterized by rounded spiracles and white and brown spots, females grow to 35–50 centimetres (14–20 in) and males to 31.5–38.2 centimetres (12.4–15.0 in).

Genus
Torpedo
Maximum length
40 cm
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola.

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