Torpedo (genus)

Taxobox
name = Torpedo
fossil_range = Middle Miocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
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title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class
doi =
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accessdate = 2008-01-09 ]

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Pacific electric ray, "Torpedo californica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Torpediniformes
familia = Torpedinidae
genus = "Torpedo"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text for species

"Torpedo" is a genus of electric rays.

pecies

* Genus "Torpedo"
** †"Torpedo acarinata" Adnet, 2006.
** "Torpedo adenensis" Carvalho, Stehmann & Manilo, 2002.
** Alexandrine torpedo, "Torpedo alexandrinsis" Mazhar, 1987.
** Florida torpedo, "Torpedo andersoni" Bullis, 1962.
** Rosette torpedo, "Torpedo bauchotae" Cadenat, Capape & Desoutter, 1978.
** Pacific electric ray, "Torpedo californica" Ayres, 1855.
** New Zealand torpedo, "Torpedo fairchildi" Hutton, 1872.
** "Torpedo formosa" Haas & Ebert, 2006.
** Black-spotted torpedo, "Torpedo fuscomaculata" Peters, 1855.
** Ringed torpedo, "Torpedo mackayana" Metzelaar, 1919.
** Shorttail torpedo, "Torpedo macneilli" (Whitley, 1932).
** Spotted torpedo, "Torpedo marmorata" Risso, 1810.
** Smalldisk torpedo, "Torpedo microdiscus" Parin & Kotlyar, 1985.
** Atlantic torpedo, "Torpedo nobiliana" Bonaparte, 1835.
** Panther electric ray, "Torpedo panthera" Olfers, 1831.
** Peruvian torpedo, "Torpedo peruana" Chirichigno F., 1963.
** †"Torpedo pessanti" Adnet, 2006.
** Argentine torpedo, "Torpedo puelcha" Lahille, 1926.
** Semipelagic torpedo, "Torpedo semipelagica" Parin & Kotlyar, 1985.
** Marbled electric ray, "Torpedo sinuspersici" Olfers, 1831.
** "Torpedo suessii" Steindachner, 1898.
** Trapezoid torpedo, "Torpedo tokionis" (Tanaka, 1908).
** Common torpedo, "Torpedo torpedo" (Linnaeus, 1758).
** Torpedo, "Torpedo tremens" de Buen, 1959.

ee also

*Electric ray

References