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Torpedinidae

The family Torpedinidae contains 22 species of electric rays or torpedoes, flat cartilaginous fishes that produce electricity as a defense and feeding mechanism. They are slow-moving bottom-dwellers.

Species
There are 22 species in 2 genera: • Genus Tetronarce T. N. Gill, 1862 • Tetronarce californica Ayres, 1855 (Pacific electric ray) • Tetronarce cowleyi Ebert, D. L. Haas & M. R. de Carvalho, 2015 (Cowley's torpedo ray) • Tetronarce fairchildi F. W. Hutton, 1872 (New Zealand torpedo) • Tetronarce formosa D. L. Haas & Ebert, 2006 (Taiwan torpedo) • Tetronarce macneilli Whitley, 1932 (Shorttail torpedo) • Tetronarce nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835 (Atlantic torpedo) • Tetronarce puelcha Lahille, 1926 (Argentine torpedo) • Tetronarce tokionis S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Trapezoid torpedo) • Tetronarce tremens F. de Buen, 1959 (Chilean torpedo) • Genus Torpedo Forsskål, 1775 • Torpedo adenensis M. R. de Carvalho, Stehmann & Manilo, 2002 (Aden Gulf torpedo) • Torpedo alexandrinsis Mazhar, 1987 (Alexandrine torpedo) • Torpedo andersoni Bullis, 1962 (Florida torpedo) • Torpedo bauchotae Cadenat, Capapé & Desoutter, 1978 (Rosette torpedo) • Torpedo fuscomaculata W. K. H. Peters, 1855 (Black-spotted torpedo) • Torpedo mackayana Metzelaar, 1919 (Ringed torpedo) • Torpedo marmorata A. Risso, 1810 (Marbled electric ray) • Torpedo microdiscus Parin & Kotlyar, 1985 (Smalldisk torpedo) • Torpedo panthera Olfers, 1831 (Leopard torpedo) • Torpedo semipelagica Parin & Kotlyar, 1985 (Semipelagic torpedo) • Torpedo sinuspersici Olfers, 1831 (Variable torpedo or Gulf torpedo) • Torpedo suessii Steindachner, 1898 • Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common torpedo) • Genus †Eotorpedo White, 1934 (fossil; Early Paleocene to Early Eocene)'''' • †Eotorpedo hilgendorfi (Jaekel, 1904) • †Eotorpedo jaekeli White, 1934 • †Eotorpedo nolfi Herman, 1974 • †Eotorpedo zennaroi Cappetta, 1988 ==References==
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