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Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Olfers, J. F. M. von. 1831. Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen und antiquarischen Beziehungen erläutert. , Berlin.: 1-35.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Torpediniformes
family
Narcinidae
genus
Narcine
species
Narcine brasiliensis

Name

Synonyms
Narcine brachypleura Miranda Ribeiro, 1923
Torpedo brasiliensis Olfers, 1831
Torpedo ocellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Homonyms
Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831)
Common names
Arraia in Portuguese
Arraia-elétrica in Portuguese
Brasiilia akurai in Estonian
Brasiliansk elrokke in Danish
Brazilian electric ray in English
Brazilian electric ray in English
Bvrazilian electric ray in English
Electric ray in English
Electric ray in English
Electric ray in English
Electric ray in English
Emplasto in Portuguese
Kleine stroomrog in Dutch
Kumoma-shibire-ei in Japanese
Lesser electric ray in English
Lesser electric ray in English
Lesser electric ray in English
Lesser electric ray in English
Liten darrocka in Swedish
Pikkusähkörausku in Finnish
Raia treme treme in Portuguese
Raia-elétrica in Portuguese
Raia-emplasto in Portuguese
Raie électrique brésilienne in French
Raie électrique brésilienne in French
Raya eléctrica in Spanish
Raya eléctrica in Spanish
Raya eléctrica in Spanish
Small electric ray in English
Spotted torpedo ray in English
Tembladera brasilena in Spanish
Tembladera brasileña in Spanish
Temblador de mar in Spanish
Torpedo in Spanish
Torpedo brasileño in Spanish
Torpedofish in English
Trembladera in Spanish
Trembler in English
Treme-treme in Portuguese
Tremelga in Portuguese
lesser electric ray in English
巴西双鳍电鳐 in language.
巴西雙鰭電鰩 in language.
Lesser Numbfish in English
lesser electric ray in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti, 2001: null. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 253.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. 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
  5. Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354.
  6. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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