WoRMS taxon details
Tetronarce californica (Ayres, 1855)
845703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:845703)
accepted
Species
Tetranarce californica (Ayres, 1855) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77. [Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings 1873 with slightly different pagination; see also Ayres 1854.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tetronarce californica (Ayres, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845703 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (Series 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77. [Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings 1873 with slightly different pagination; see also Ayres 1854.]. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific electric ray [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | torpille du Pacifique [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ゴマフシビレエイ | [details] |
| Russian | Калифорнийский гнюс [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | torpedo del Pacífico [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tetranarce californica (Ayres, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetronarce californica)
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetranarce californica (Ayres, 1855))
To GenBank (10233 nucleotides; 320 proteins) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (10233 nucleotides; 320 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04868 illustration) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04869 illustration) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tetranarce californica (Ayres, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetronarce californica)
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetranarce californica (Ayres, 1855))
To GenBank (10233 nucleotides; 320 proteins) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To GenBank (10233 nucleotides; 320 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04868 illustration) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04869 illustration) (from synonym Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855)
