Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Torpediniformes > Family Torpedinidae > Genus Torpedo

Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Torpedo*	Houttuyn, 1764	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Torpedo (Torpedo) torpedo*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshk elektrik; peshk elektrik i zakonshëm; peshk elektrik me njolla sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Israel (Hebrew): חשמלן עינוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: torpil baligi

Literature

additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271691