WoRMS taxon details
Discopyge tschudii Heckel, 1846
280568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280568)
accepted
Species
Torpedo chilensis Guichenot, 1848 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tschudi, J. J. von. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>. In: Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St. Gallen.</em> Pp. ii-xxx + 1-35, Pls. 1-6.1844-46, in 12 parts. [Parts 1-2 issued in 1844, 3-5 in 1845, 6-12 in 1846. Overall pp. 1-693. Fishes evidently all in 1846. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Discopyge tschudii Heckel, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280568 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Tschudi, J. J. von. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>. In: Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St. Gallen.</em> Pp. ii-xxx + 1-35, Pls. 1-6.1844-46, in 12 parts. [Parts 1-2 issued in 1844, 3-5 in 1845, 6-12 in 1846. Overall pp. 1-693. Fishes evidently all in 1846. [details]
original description (of Torpedo chilensis Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
original description (of Torpedo chilensis Guichenot, 1848) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discopyge tschudii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Discopyge tschudii P10304 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discopyge tschudii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo chilensis Guichenot, 1848)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Discopyge tschudii P10304 illustration)
To ITIS
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