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Discopyge tschudii Heckel, 1846

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Heckel, J. J. in Tschudi, J. J. von. 1846.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Torpediniformes
family
Narcinidae
genus
Discopyge
species
Discopyge tschudii

Name

Synonyms
Torpedo chilensis Guichenot, 1848
Homonyms
Discopyge tschudii Heckel, 1846
Common names
Tembladera, torpedo, raya eléctrica, tembladerilla in language.
Apron Numbfish in English
Apron Ray in English
Tembladera in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Steindachner 1898, Delfín 1901, Quijada 1913, Norman 1937, Fowler 1941, 1951, Mann 1954, De Buen 1959a, Pequeño et al. 1988, Pequeño 1989, Meléndez et al. 1993, Reyes & Hüne 2012, Spath et al. 2016.
  5. Tschudi, J. J. von. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>. In: Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St. Gallen.</em> Pp. ii-xxx + 1-35, Pls. 1-6.1844-46, in 12 parts. [Parts 1-2 issued in 1844, 3-5 in 1845, 6-12 in 1846. Overall pp. 1-693. Fishes evidently all in 1846.
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