WoRMS name details
Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855
271680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271680)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271680 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific electric ray | [details] |
| French | torpille du Pacifique | [details] |
| Japanese | ゴマフシビレエイ | [details] |
| Russian | Калифорнийский гнюс | [details] |
| Spanish | torpedo del Pacífico | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (10233 nucleotides; 320 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04868 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04869 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (10233 nucleotides; 320 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04868 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tetranarce californica P04869 illustration)
To ITIS
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