WoRMS taxon details
Torpedinidae Henle, 1834
- Subfamily Torpedininae
- Genus Tetronarce Gill, 1862
- Genus Narcacion Gill (ex Klein), 1861 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806
- Genus Narcacion Klein, 1776 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806 (synonym)
- Genus Narcacion Bleeker (ex Klein), 1865 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806 (synonym)
- Genus Narcobatus Blainville, 1816 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806
- Genus Notastrape Whitley, 1932 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806
- Genus Tetranarce accepted as Tetronarce Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
- Genus Tetronarcine Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806
- Genus Torpedo Duméril, 1806
- Subfamily Hypninae Gill, 1862 accepted as Hypnidae Gill, 1862
- Genus Torpedo Houttuyn, 1764 accepted as Torpedo Duméril, 1806 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head equipped with electric organs, developed from branchial muscles. Eyes small. Well...
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head equipped with electric organs, developed from branchial muscles. Eyes small. Well developed caudal fin. Dorsal fins 0-2. Skin soft and loose. Disc truncate or emarginate anteriorly; jaws extremely slender; no labial cartilages; rostrum absent or reduced. Large specimens can give a severe jolt. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Torpedinidae Henle, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105718 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head equipped with electric organs, developed from branchial muscles. Eyes small. Well developed caudal fin. Dorsal fins 0-2. Skin soft and loose. Disc truncate or emarginate anteriorly; jaws extremely slender; no labial cartilages; rostrum absent or reduced. Large specimens can give a severe jolt. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | electric rays | [details] |
| Japanese | シビレエイ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | el-rokkefamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | el-rokkefamilien | [details] |
