🐟Common torpedo ray
La tremielga o raya torpedo común (Torpedo torpedo) es un pez cartilaginoso mediano similar a la tembladera un nombre que también se usa para llamar al pez. Para defenderse, emite descargas eléctricas de 220 voltios gracias a unos órganos que tiene a los lados para defenderse de los que se lo quieren comer. Los pescadores le identifican por las cinco grandes manchas que tiene en el dorso. El tremielga tiene los ojos pequeños, cinco grandes ocelos o manchas, grandes aletas pectorales, el cuerpo en forma de disco y la piel de color marrón. Mide entre 30 y 60 cm. Vive en el océano Atlántico oriental y en el mar Mediterráneo. Nada en los fondos fangoso o arenosos próximos a las costas. Su carácter es solitario. Suele nadar a 100 m de profundidad. Caza por la noche y le gusta ocultarse durante el día. Se alimenta de crustáceos, moluscos y pequeños peces, a quienes aturde con su electricidad y luego engulle enteros.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 10 years
Everything we know about the Common torpedo ray
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.3 mrecord 0.6 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female0.41 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan10 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Litter sizeabout 3AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic level4.35FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.35 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansotherFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common torpedo ray yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderTorpediniformes
- ›familyTorpedinidae
- ›genusTorpedo
- ›speciesTorpedo torpedo
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- orderTorpediniformes
- familyTorpedinidae
- genusTorpedo
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- superorderBatoidea
- orderTorpediniformes
- familyTorpedinidae
- genusTorpedo
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