Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Torpediniformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Narcinidae
Genus: Narcine
Species:
N. atzi –
N. baliensis –
N. bancroftii –
N. brasiliensis –
N. brevilabiata –
N. brunnea –
N. entemedor –
N. insolita –
N. lasti –
N. leoparda –
N. lingula –
N. maculata –
†N. molini –
N. nelsoni –
N. oculifera –
N. ornata –
N. prodorsalis –
N. rierai –
N. tasmaniensis –
N. timlei –
N. vermiculatus –
N. westraliensis
Name
Narcine Henle, 1834
- Type species: Torpedo brasiliensis Olfers, 1831
Etymology: from narke (= numbness), ancient Greek word used for any electric ray, based on their ability to cause a numbing sensation. (From: The ETYFish project)
Synonyms
- Cyclonarce Gill, 1862
- Gonionarce Gill, 1862
- Narcinops Whitley, 1940
- Syrraxis Bonaparte, 1841
References
Primary references
- Henle, F.G.J. 1834. Ueber Narcine, eine neue Gattung electrischer Rochen nebst einer Synopsis der electrischen Rochen. Berlin. 1–44, Pls. 1–4. Reference page.
Additional references
- Carvalho, M.R. de & White, W.T. 2016. Narcine baliensis, a new species of electric ray from southeast Asia (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes). Zootaxa 4127(1): 149–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.8. Reference page.
Links
- Narcine and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Narcine species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.