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Notes on the Distribution of Electric Rays (Torpedo Spp.) in Northern European Waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Alwyne Wheeler
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), London
Valerie Du Heaume
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), London

Extract

The distribution of electric rays (Torpedo spp.) in northern European waters is discussed. Torpedo nobiliana is admitted as of regular occurrence; records of occurrence of T. marmorata are given in detail. The status in these waters of T. torpedo is doubtful. A synoptic key is provided together with illustrations of the three species.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1964

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