Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 300 m (Ref. 57881). Temperate; 25°N - 23°N, 120°E - 122°E (Ref. 114953)
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan and possibly Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 89.0 cm TL (female)
Primarily found offshore. Life history unknown. Size reaches at least 62 cm TL; born at ca. 20-25 cm TL (Ref. 114953).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Haas, D.L. and D.A. Ebert, 2006. Torpedo formosa sp. nov., a new species of electric ray (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 1320:1-14. (Ref. 57881)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01479 (0.00668 - 0.03273), b=2.97 (2.78 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100). 🛈 |