Rosette torpedo (Torpedo bauchotae)

Scientific name: Torpedo bauchotae Cadenat, Capap? & Desoutter, 1978

The Rosette torpedo (Torpedo bauchotae) is a marine fish of the family Torpedinidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, known only from Senegal and Pointe Noire, Congo. Reported from Cote d'Ivoire.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 109. Disc-width larger than its length, width and length about 1,40 to 1,60 times in total length; dorsal fins rounded; dorsal side buff or rosy ochre with darker and lighter spots, ventral side is uniform rosy white.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Torpedo bauchotae
Family
Torpedinidae (Electric rays)
Order
Torpediniformes (Electric rays)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
14.5
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: known only from Senegal and Pointe Noire, Congo. Reported from Cote d'Ivoire.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Other
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming fecundity

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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