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- cartilaginous fish with enlarged pectoral fins, composing the order Torpediniformes /tɔːrˈpɛdɪnɪfɔːrmiːz/. They are known for being capable of producing...
- suggests they are more closely related to electric rays in the order Torpediniformes. Genus Platyrhina J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 Platyrhina hyugaensis...
- the sister group to sawfishes. Phylogenetic tree of Batoidea: Order Torpediniformes Family Hypnidae (coffin rays) Family Narcinidae (numbfishes) Family...
- the Rajiformes (skates). The two other orders: Rhinopristiformes and Torpediniformes exhibit a greater degree of body caudal fin swimming. Mobuliform swimming...
- The following is the full list of the extant species in class Chondrichthyes, or the cartilaginous fish. Members of this class have a backbone, gills,...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 6 species   Critically endangered (CR): 455 species   Endangered (EN): 643 species   Vulnerable (VU): 1,245 species   Near...
- whether with pulses, as in the Mormyridae, or with waves, as in the Torpediniformes and Gymnarchus, the African knifefish. Many electric fishes also use...
- word torpedo was first used as a name for electric rays (in the order Torpediniformes), which in turn comes the Latin word torpēdō ("lethargy" or "sluggishness")...
- An electric ray (Torpediniformes) showing location of electric organ and electrocytes stacked within it...
- Order: Myliobatiformes. Family: Dasyatidae Family: Myliobatidae Order: Torpediniformes. Family: Narcinidae class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes. Family:...