| New Zealand torpedo | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Torpediniformes |
| Family: | Torpedinidae |
| Genus: | Tetronarce |
| Species: | T. fairchildi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetronarce fairchildi F. W. Hutton, 1872 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tetronarce fairchildi, commonly known as theNew Zealand torpedo, is aspecies ofelectric ray of thefamilyTorpedinidae found only aroundNew Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 1,100 m.[1] This species is placed in the genusTetronarce.[2]
In June 2018 the New ZealandDepartment of Conservation classified theT. fairchildi as "Data Deficient" under theNew Zealand Threat Classification System.[3]
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