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