Torpedo

Torpedo torpedo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Torpediniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Torpediniformes

Familia: Torpedinidae
Genus: Torpedo
Species: †T. acarinata – T. adenensis – T. alexandrinsis – T. andersoni – T. bauchotae – †T. chattica – T. fuscomaculata – T. mackayana – T. marmorata – T. panthera – †T. pessanti – T. sinuspersici – T. suessii – T. torpedo

Name

Torpedo Duméril, 1806: 102

• Type species: Raja torpedo Linnaeus, 1758 = Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

• Torpedo Houttuyn, 1764
• Narcacion Klein, 1776
• Narcobatus Blainville, 1816
• Narcacion Gill (ex Klein), 1861
• Narcacion Bleeker (ex Klein), 1865
• Tetronarcine Tanaka, 1908
• Notastrape Whitley, 1932

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. 1805. Zoologie analytique ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l’aide de Tableaux synoptique. Allais, Paris. “1806” xxxii + [i] + 344 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.44835 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Welter-Schultes, F.W., V. Feuerstein (2008) Nomenclatural notes on Torpedo (Chondrichthyes: Torpedinidae) and some other early established fish taxa (Actinopterygii: Molidae, Eleginopidae and Citharinidae). Species, Phylogeny and Evolution 1(3):141-145.

Vernacular names

• Ελληνικά: Μάργα, Μαργωτήρα, Μουδιάστρα
• English: Electric rays, Torpedoes
• עברית: חשמלן
• தமிழ்: மின் திருக்கைகள்

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