Tetronarce tremens
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Tetronarce tremens, commonly known as the Chilean torpedo, is a species of fish in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is open seas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Galápagos Islands, so these are its closest relatives here: other sharks & rays.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chilean Torpedo sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 16 sharks and rays we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chilean Torpedo in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against under 5% in March, June, August–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Galápagos Islands's driest months, with almost no rain against 50 mm in March.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chilean Torpedo sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Galápagos Islands, in our data
Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chilean Torpedo sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chilean Torpedo is recorded against all the sharks and rays logged in Galápagos Islands (11 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
