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SpeciesTorpediniformesTorpedinidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Common torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

La torpille ocellée (Torpedo torpedo) est une espèce de poissons marins de la famille des Torpedinidae. Cette famille est notamment célèbre pour la capacité de ses membres de produire des décharges électriques pour se défendre et pour chasser. Ces décharges sont produites grâce à des cellules spécialisées appelées des électrocytes (qui dérivent de cellules musculaires type myocytes). Ces décharges peuvent dépasser les 200 volts. Pour cette espèce, ces chiffres ne sont par contre pas atteints, elle reste dans une plage plus modeste inférieure à 100 volts.

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Also called
common torpedo, Common torpedo, Ocellate Torpedo
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

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 length
0.3 mrecord 0.6 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.41 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan
10 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 3
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.35
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.35 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
other
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderTorpediniformes
  5. ›familyTorpedinidae
  6. ›genusTorpedo
  7. ›speciesTorpedo torpedo
Full lineage
  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. orderTorpediniformes
  3. familyTorpedinidae
  4. genusTorpedo
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. superorderBatoidea
  9. orderTorpediniformes
  10. familyTorpedinidae
  11. genusTorpedo
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vaca comuna (ca), Gefleckter Zitterrochen (de), Ματομουδιάστρα (el), Torpedo torpedo (es), Torpedo torpedo (fr), Drhtulja obična (hr) … and 14 more languages
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Torpedo torpedo corsica3Silent Electric Hunter. The Common Torpedo Ray
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