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Taxon: Genus "Torpedo" Forsskål, 1775, nom. inval. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  P. Forskål, 1775, nom. provis.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Forskål, P. 1775. Descr. Anim.: 16 ("aut potius novum conſtituere genus? Certe determinatur Torpedinis character genericus"); 15 ("Raja torpedo"). ≡

Attributes

Provisional name (nom. inval: nom. provis.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 1.3.5] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 6 Jun 2024.
Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]. Nomencl. Zool.: [19 Dec 2008] ("non Houttuyn 1764").
Misidentified type species (sensu ..., misident.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 70.3] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 11 May 2024 ("Misidentification; wrongly described the electric catfish of the Nile under the electric ray").

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable): Torpedo Plinius, nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 6 Jun 2024.
Junior homonym (unavailable): Torpedo (Genus) Duméril, 1805 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 May 2024. [implicit]
Junior homonym (unavailable): Torpedo (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg. Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 May 2024. [implicit]
Junior homonym (unavailable): Torpedo (Subgenus) Duméril, 1805 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 May 2024. [implicit]

Synonyms

Correct name: Malapterurus (Genus) Lacepède, 1803 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 May 2024. [implicit]
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