Torpedo suessii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Torpediniformes |
Family: | Torpedinidae |
Genus: | Torpedo |
Species: | T. suessii
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Binomial name | |
Torpedo suessii Steindachner, 1898[2]
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Torpedo suessii, the Red Sea torpedo, is a species of torpedo ray. This species lives in the Red Sea in Yemen with the type locality being found in the harbour of Perim. [3] This species has large dark brown spots with light brown outlines.[4] This species is listed as critically endangered possibly extinct as it hasnt been seen since 1898.[5]