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Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855

217379  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217379)

accepted
Species
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. (2025). FishBase. Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217379 on 2025-05-30
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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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. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [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]
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English blackspotted electric ray  [details]