Common Torpedo

OverviewThe Common Torpedo (Torpedo torpedo), also famously known as the Ocellated Electric Ray, is a fascinating cartilaginous elasmobranch belonging to the family Torpedinidae. Inhabiting the sunlit sandy shallows, muddy bays, and emerald seagrass meadows of the...

Spotted Ratfish

OverviewThe Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) is an enchanting, prehistoric-looking cartilaginous fish belonging to the subclass Holocephali (the chimaeras or ghost sharks)—a distinct evolutionary lineage that diverged from true sharks and rays over 400 million...