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 nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Torpedo*	Houttuyn, 1764	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Torpedo (Tetronarce) nobiliana*	Bonaparte, 1835	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshk elektrik i zeshkët; piskë 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.

Danish: sort elrokke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: sidderrog sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Atlantic torpedo; electric ray sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Spanish, Castillian: torpedo del Atlántico sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Swedish: darrocka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: carpan; elektrikli vatoz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgath drydan

Literature

basis of record	Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835. 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:157868