WoRMS taxon details
Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855
217379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217379)
accepted
Species
Narcacion fuscomaculatus (Peters, 1855) · unaccepted
Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865 · unaccepted
Torpedo polleni (Bleeker, 1865) · unaccepted
Torpedo smithii Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
Description Inhabits sandy areas neer deep rocky reefs. Variable with black spots present or absent (Ref. 9710).
Description Inhabits sandy areas neer deep rocky reefs. Variable with black spots present or absent (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217379 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1855: 428-466. [details]
original description (of Torpedo smithii Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
original description (of Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865) Bleeker, P. (1865). Description du Narcacion Polleni, espèce inédite des mers de l'île de la Réunion. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 3: 107. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Torpedo smithii Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
original description (of Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865) Bleeker, P. (1865). Description du Narcacion Polleni, espèce inédite des mers de l'île de la Réunion. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 3: 107. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). 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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits sandy areas neer deep rocky reefs. Variable with black spots present or absent (Ref. 9710). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blackspotted electric ray | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Narcacion fuscomaculatus (Peters, 1855))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Torpedo fuscomaculata)
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo polleni (Bleeker, 1865))
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo smithii Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Narcacion fuscomaculatus (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Torpedo fuscomaculata USNM 320677 radiograph dorsal view anterior)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Narcacion fuscomaculatus (Peters, 1855))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Torpedo fuscomaculata)
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo polleni (Bleeker, 1865))
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo smithii Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Narcacion fuscomaculatus (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Narcacion polleni Bleeker, 1865)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Torpedo fuscomaculata USNM 320677 radiograph dorsal view anterior)
To ITIS
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