Marine Species Traits - Torpedo Duméril, 1806

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Torpedo Duméril, 1806

AphiaID

826639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:826639)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Torpedinidae Henle, 1834

Synonymised names

Torpedo Houttuyn, 1764 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subgenus Torpedo (Tetronarce) Gill, 1862
1. Species Torpedo (Tetronarce) nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835 accepted as Tetronarce nobiliana (Bonaparte, 1835) (Alternate representation of a superseded new combination)
Species Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835 accepted as Tetronarce nobiliana (Bonaparte, 1835)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Duméril, A.M.C. (1806). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. [Analytical zoology, or the natural method of classifying animals, made easier with the help of synoptic tables.]. Allais, Paris. pp. i‐xxxii, [unpaginated errata], 1‐344., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44011
page(s): 102-103 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Torpedo Duméril, 1806. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826639 on 2025-05-21

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Torpedo Duméril, 1806. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826639 on 2025-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-25 12:32:11Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2015-04-14 10:48:46Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description Duméril, A.M.C. (1806). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. [Analytical zoology, or the natural method of classifying animals, made easier with the help of synoptic tables.]. Allais, Paris. pp. i‐xxxii, [unpaginated errata], 1‐344., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44011
page(s): 102-103 [details]

original description (of Torpedo Houttuyn, 1764) Houttuyn, M.; Linne?, C. V. (1761). Natuurlyke historie, of Uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten, en mineraalen, volgens het samenstel van den Heer LinnÆus. Met naauwkeurige afbeeldingen. 3 vols. in 37 parts. Amsterdam, 1761-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45156100
page(s): 1(6): 453 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]