Galapagos Species Database

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Tetronarce peruana (Chirichigno F., 1963)

Raya, Skate ray

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Elasmobranchii

Order
Torpediniformes

Family
Torpedinidae

Genus
Tetronarce

Species
peruana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Torpedo peruana Chirichigno F., 1963, Torpedo tremens peruana Chirichigno F., 1963 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Migrant

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Tetronarce peruana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19741. Accessed 4 November 2026.