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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
Torpedo is found in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
COMMENTS:
i) Torpedo is commonly called an electric-ray.
ii) Body is dorso-ventrally flattened and disc-shaped which is subcircular.
iii) Skin is smooth without scales.
iv) Mouth is transverse and ventral·
v) Quadrangular naso- frontal lobe is present.
vi) Spiracles are present behind the eyes.
viii) Gill- slits are ventral.
ix) A pair of large electric organs consist of muscle fibers arranged in blocks and serve as batteries.
x) Tail is relatively short, with two dorsal and a caudal fin.
xi) They are viviparous and carnivorous.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:
– Used as food.
– Used in research study for generating bio-electricity.
