An unusual nine-ocellated common torpedo, Torpedo torpedo(Linnaeus, 1758) (Chondrichthyes: Torpedinidae), from southern France

Authors

  • Christian CAPAPÉ
  • Olivier GUÉLORGET
  • Yvan VERGNE
  • Jean-Pierre QUIGNARD

Keywords:

Chondrichthyes, Torpedinidae, Torpedo torpedo, Languedoc, northern Mediterranean

Abstract

        A nine-ocellated Torpedo torpedo, caught off the Languedoc coast in southern France (northern Mediterranean) is described in this paper. This is the greatest number of ocellae recorded to date in this species.

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Published

15.06.2006

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Short communication