🐟Common torpedo ray
The common torpedo, also known as ocellate torpedo or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Angola, and is a benthic fish typically encountered over soft substrates in fairly shallow, coastal waters. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) long, this species has a nearly circular pectoral fin disc and a short, thick tail with two dorsal fins of nearly equal size and a large caudal fin. It can be identified by the prominent blue spots on its back, which usually number five but may vary from zero to nine, as well as by the small knobs on the rims of its spiracles.
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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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