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Taxon: Genus Torpedo Duméril, 1805 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation A.M.C. Duméril, 1806[1805]
Original name, rank & spelling Duméril, A.M.C. 1806[1805]. Zool. Anal.: 102 ("Le genre torpille (torpedo)").
Subsequent publication Duméril, A.M.C. 1806. Zool. Anal.: 102 ("Le genre torpille (torpedo)").
Subsequent publication Froriep, L.F. (transl.) 1806. Dumeril's Anal. Zool.: 102 ("Die Gattung der Zitterrochen (torpedo)").
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship [Houttuyn, M.] 1764. Nat. Hist. (1) 6: 453. [species (F. Welter-Schultes, Jun 2005)].

Gender

Feminine Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 11 May 2024 ("Fem.").

Types

Type ofTorpedinidae (Family) Henle, 1834 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; 12 May 2025. [inferred]
Type ofTorpedininae (Subfamily)
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Torpedo (Subgenus) Duméril, 1805

Variants

Earlier rankTorpedo Plinius, nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 6 Jun 2024.

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable)Torpedo (Genus) Forsskål, 1775, nom. inval. Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 May 2024. [implicit]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameEunarce (Genus) Fowler, 1910 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameFimbriotorpedo (Genus) Fritsch, 1886 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameGymnotorpedo (Genus) Fritsch, 1886 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameNarcobatus (Genus) Blainville & Prévost, 1816 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameNotastrape (Genus) Whitley, 1932 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameTetronarcine (Genus) Tanaka, 1908 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
IsonymTorpedo (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg. Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 7 Jun 2012.
IncludingTetronarce (Genus) Gill, 1862 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 72.
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