Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Torpediniformes > Family Torpedinidae

Torpedo Duméril, 1806

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Torpedo*	Houttuyn, 1764	synonym

Children

Torpedo (Tetronarce) Gill, 1862
Torpedo (Torpedo)
Torpedo marmorata Risso, 1810
Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤマトシビレエイ属

Literature

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.
basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Torpedo Duméril, 1806. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:826639