Torpedo (Tetronarce) mackayana Metzelaar, 1919

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2226

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Torpedo (Tetronarce) mackayana Metzelaar, 1919
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Torpedo (Tetronarce) mackayana Metzelaar, 1919

Irvine name. Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte. Misidentification.

Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 60)— BMNH 1930.8 .26.1 (one: 291 mm TL); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 340). Axim, Ghana, presented by Willoughby P. Lowe — BMNH 1911.6 .30.5 (one: 160 mm TL) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Poll, 1951; Quéro et al., 1990).