Species details : Torpedo fairchildi Hutton, 1872

Accepted scientific name:
Torpedo fairchildi Hutton, 1872 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Torpedo fairchildi  Hutton, 1872
Synonyms: -
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Newzealandsk elrokke - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Nieuw-zeelandse sidderrog - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Electric ray - English New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Electric ray - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Maataa - English New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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New Zealand torpedo - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Torpedo - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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費氏電鰩 Fei shih dian yao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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费氏电鳐 Fei shi dian yao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Mata - Maori New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Whai repo - Maori New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Elasmobranchii FishBase
Order Torpediniformes FishBase
Family Torpedinidae FishBase
Genus Torpedo FishBase
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand. Specimens recently seen at Norfolk Island may be this species. Torpedo macneilli from Australia is very similar to this species (Ref. 6871).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=48865
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:11aa135e-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401