Deep-Sea name details
Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835
157868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157868)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bonaparte, C.L. (1835). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. <em>Pesci. Roma.</em> Fasc. 12-14, puntate 59-79, 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47089297
page(s): fasc. 12, punt. 63 [details]
page(s): fasc. 12, punt. 63 [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia south to Brazil
Distribution Nova Scotia south to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157868 on 2025-12-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157868 on 2025-12-15
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Bonaparte, C.L. (1835). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. <em>Pesci. Roma.</em> Fasc. 12-14, puntate 59-79, 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47089297
page(s): fasc. 12, punt. 63 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): fasc. 12, punt. 63 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Bony fishes, crustaceans, molluscs, worms and other invertebrates [details]Distribution Nova Scotia south to Brazil [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at depths between 2 and 530m. [details]
Reproduction Internal fertilization; ovoviviparous; gestation period lasts one year. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | piskëpeshk elektrik i zeshkët | [details] |
| Danish | sort elrokke | [details] |
| Dutch | sidderrog | [details] |
| English | electric rayAtlantic torpedo | [details] |
| Hebrew | חשמלן סגול | [details] |
| Spanish | torpedo del Atlántico | [details] |
| Swedish | darrocka | [details] |
| Turkish | torpil baligielektrikli vatozcarpan | [details] |
| Welsh | morgath drydan | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Torpedo nobiliana USNM 204611 radiograph dorsal view anterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Torpedo nobiliana USNM 205358 radiograph dorsal view anterior)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Torpedo nobiliana USNM 204611 radiograph dorsal view anterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Torpedo nobiliana USNM 205358 radiograph dorsal view anterior)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
