WoRMS taxon details
Narcine bancroftii (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
275386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275386)
accepted
Species
Narcine bancrofti (Griffith & Smith, 1834) · unaccepted
Narcine brasiliensis corallina Garman, 1881 · unaccepted
Narcine brasiliensis punctata Garman, 1881 · unaccepted
Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884 · unaccepted
Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834 · unaccepted
Torpedo pictus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834) Griffith, E.; Smith, C. H. (1834). The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions, by Edward Griffith, F.R.S., &c. and Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith, F.R., L.S.S., &c. &c. <em>In: Cuvier, G: The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c., with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith ... and others. (2nd ed.) Whittaker & Co., London.</em> 1-680, Pls. 1-62 + 3. [English treatment of Cuvier's "Régne Animal"; supplements by Griffith and Smith; authorship variously cited.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Narcine bancroftii (Griffith & Smith, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275386 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834) Griffith, E.; Smith, C. H. (1834). The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions, by Edward Griffith, F.R.S., &c. and Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith, F.R., L.S.S., &c. &c. <em>In: Cuvier, G: The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c., with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith ... and others. (2nd ed.) Whittaker & Co., London.</em> 1-680, Pls. 1-62 + 3. [English treatment of Cuvier's "Régne Animal"; supplements by Griffith and Smith; authorship variously cited.]. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Narcine brasiliensis corallina Garman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Narcine bancrofti (Griffith & Smith, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Narcine bancroftii)
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine brasiliensis punctata Garman, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo pictus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine bancrofti (Griffith & Smith, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine brasiliensis corallina Garman, 1881)
To FishBase images (Narcine bancroftii, Jamaica, by Burge, E.J.)
To GenBank (1076 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (1076 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Narcine umbrosa RAD109932-001) (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Narcine umbrosa RAD109932-001) (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Narcine brasiliensis corallina Garman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Narcine bancrofti (Griffith & Smith, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Narcine bancroftii)
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine brasiliensis punctata Garman, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Torpedo pictus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine bancrofti (Griffith & Smith, 1834))
To FishBase (from synonym Narcine brasiliensis corallina Garman, 1881)
To FishBase images (Narcine bancroftii, Jamaica, by Burge, E.J.)
To GenBank (1076 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (1076 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Torpedo bancroftii Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Narcine umbrosa RAD109932-001) (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Narcine umbrosa RAD109932-001) (from synonym Narcine umbrosa Jordan, 1884)
To ITIS
