Torpedo suessii Steindachner, 1898a
Red Sea torpedo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Original description:
Steindachner, F. (1898). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 35(19): 198-200.
Conservation Status
Missing
Last recorded in 1898.
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Mocha, Yemen
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original description:
Steindachner, F. (1898a). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 35(19): 198-200.
Other references:
Compagno, L. J. V. (2005). Checklist of living Chondrichthyes, pp. 503-548. In: Hamlett, W. C. (ed.). Reproductive biology and physiology of Chondrichthyes – Sharks, Batoids and chimaeras. Science Publishers.
de Carvalho, M. R., Last, P. R., & Séret, B. (2016). Torpedo rays, family Torpedinidae, pp. 184-203. In P. R. Last, W. T. White, M. R. Carvalho, B. Séret, M. F. W. Stehmann, & G. J. P. Naylor (Eds.), Rays of the world. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.
de Carvalho, M. R., Stehmann, M. F. W. and Manilo, L. G. (2002). Torpedo adenensis, a new species of electric ray from the Gulf of Aden, with comments on nominal species of Torpedo from the western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and adjacent areas (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae). American Museum Novitates 3369: 1-34.
Fraser-Brunner, A. (1949). LXXIII. Note on the electric rays of the genus Torpedo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2(24): 943-947. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934908654036
Garman, S. (1913). The Plagiostomia: Sharks, skates, and rays / by Samuel Garman; with seventy-seven plates. Printed for the Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zoology. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43732
Kyne, P. M., Tesfamichael, D., Fernando, D. and Bineesh, K. K. (2017). Torpedo suessii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T161613A109911839. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T161613A109911839.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2017.
Michael, S. (1993). Reef sharks and rays of the world: A guide to their identification, ecology, and behaviour. Sea Challengers.
Palandačić, Anja et al. (2023). From historical expedition diaries to whole genome sequencing: A case study of the likely extinct Red Sea torpedo ray. Zoologica Scripta. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12632
Randall, J. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press.
Steindachner, F. (1898b). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere, gesammelt während der I. und II. österreichischen Expedition nach dem rothen Meere in den Jahren 1895–1896 und 1897–1898. Sitzungsberichte, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1. Mineralogie, Botanik, Zoologie, Geologie Und Paläontologie, 107(7): 780-788, Pls. 1-2.
Weigmann, S. (2016). Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology 88(3): 837-1037. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874
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