Torpedo bauchotae is a poorly studied species of stingrays of the genus Gnusov of the family of the Gneusovy detachment of electric rays . These are cartilaginous bottom fish with large, flattened pectoral and ventral fins forming a disk, a short and thick tail, two dorsal fins and a well-developed tail fin. They are able to generate electric current . They live in the central-eastern and southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of up to 60 m. The maximum recorded length is 60 cm. The color is yellow-brown or pinkish-ocher with dark and light spots. Reproduced by egg production . Not of interest for commercial fishing. They suffer from by- catch , as intensive shrimp fishing is conducted in their range [1] .
| Torpedo bauchotae |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Torpedo bauchotae Cadenat , Capapé & Desoutter , 1978 |
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Not enough data IUCN Data Deficient : 161562 |
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For the first time a new species was described in 1978 [2] . The holotype is an immature male, 14.7 cm long, caught in the waters of the Congo ( ). Paratype : immature female, 13.6 cm long, caught off the coast of Senegal [3] . The species is named after Madame M. L. Bosch, Assistant Director of the National Museum of Natural History (Paris) [4] .
Torpedo bauchotae in the east-central and south-central parts of the Atlantic from Senegal to Angola , off the coast of Benin , Cameroon , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Liberia , Nigeria , Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo . They occur at a depth of 5 to 60 [1] .
The pectoral fins of these rays form a disc whose width exceeds the length. On both sides of the head, electrical paired organs in the shape of the kidneys are visible through the skin. Behind the small eyes are the squiggles . Dorsal fins rounded. On the underside of the disk are five pairs of curved gill slits. The color of the dorsal surface is yellow-brown or pinkish-ocher color with dark and light spots [5] . The maximum recorded length is 14.5 cm, according to other data 60 cm [1] .
The biology of these skates is poorly understood. For protection, they are able to generate electricity. They multiply by egg production, like other electric stingrays [1] .
These stingrays are of no interest to commercial fishing. As by- catch, they can be caught in commercial bottom trawling. Data for assessing the conservation status of the species by the International Union for Conservation of the Nature is insufficient [1] .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Torpedo bauchotae (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
- Den Cadenat, J. & Capapé, C. & Desoutter, M. (1978) Description d'un Torpedinidae nouveau des côtes occidentales d'Afrique: Torpedo (Torpedo) bauchotae (Torpediniformes, Pisces). Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie, 4: 29—42
- ↑ Torpedo bauchotae ( Neopr .) . Shark references. The date of circulation is July 17, 2014.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Fish Name Etymology Database (Unreferenced) . The ETYFish Project . The date of circulation is July 17, 2014.
- ↑ Capapé, C. and M. Desoutter , 1990. Torpedinidae. p. 55—58. In JC Quero, JC Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Checklist of the Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. one
