Species Tetronarce nobiliana (Bonaparte, 1835)
Short-tail Torpedo Ray, Electric Ray, Longtail Torpedo, Longtail Torpedo Ray, New Zealand Torpedo (old FAO), Southern Numbfish, Torpedo, Torpedo Ray
- Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, C.L. 1835. Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. Roma : Dalla Tipografia Salviucci Vol. Fasc. 12-14 pp. puntata 59-79, 12 pls. [fasc. 12, punt. 63, pl. 154].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 426-430, Italy; ANSP 461-469, Italy; ANSP 16948, Italy; NMW 76279, Italy. - Torpedo fairchildi Hutton, F.W. 1872. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. 1-88 pls 1-12 in Hutton, F.W. & Hector, J. (eds). Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. [83, pl. 12 (fig. 134)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown probably lost (Russell (1996) indicated that holotype was probably lost). - Notastrape macneilli Whitley, G.P. 1932. Studies in Ichthyology No. 6. Records of the Australian Museum 18(6): 321-348 figs 1-3 pls 36-39 [327] [based on Torpedo fairchildi in McCulloch, 1919].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.13838, off Green Cape, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carvalho, M.R. de, Last, P.R. & Séret, B. 2016. Torpedo Rays. Family Torpedinidae. pp. 184-203 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp. [189]
Generic Combinations
- Narcobatus fairchildi (Hutton, 1872). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [255] - Tetronarce nobiliana (Bonaparte, 1835). —
Ebert, D.A., Haas, D.L. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2015. Tetronarce cowleyi, sp. nov., a new species of electric ray from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae). Zootaxa 3936(2): 237-250. [237] (changed combination)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Torpedo tokionis (Tanaka, 1908) [misidentification]. —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [329]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Swain Reefs, QLD to Bonaparte Archipelago, WA; tropical, temperate
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
90–825 m
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Narkidae, Hypnidae, Torpedinidae. pp. 1443-1451 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1451] (as Torpedo macneilli)
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Torpedinidae to Rhinobatidae. pp. 101-107 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [101] (as Torpedo macneilli)
Last, P.R. 1994. Families Torpedinidae, Rajiidae, Rhinobatidae. pp. 154-172 figs 132-149 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [156]
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [370] (as Torpedo macneilli)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [327] (as Torpedo macneilli)
McCulloch, A.R. 1919. Studies in Australian fishes, No. 5. Records of the Australian Museum 12(8): 171-177 figs 25-26 [171] (as Torpedo fairchildi)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [25] (as Narcobatus fairchildi)
McKay, R.J. 1966. Studies on Western Australian sharks and rays of the families Scyliorhinidae, Urolophidae and Torpedinidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49(3): 65-82 figs 1-6 (possible conspecificity with T. fairchildi)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [20] (142, as Torpedo macneilli)
Russell, B.C. 1996. Type specimens of New Zealand fishes described by Captain F.W. Hutton, F.R.S. (1836–1905). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26(2): 215-236 figs 1-2
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [162] (as Notastrape macneilli)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (135, as Notastrape macneilli)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Narkidae, Hypnidae, Torpedinidae. pp. 1443-1451 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1451] (FAO) (Longtail Torpedo)
Cox, G. & Francis, M. 1997. Sharks and Rays of New Zealand. Christchurch : Canterbury University 68 pp. (Electric Ray)
Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [61] (Short-tail Torpedo Ray)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [157] (Electric Ray, Torpedo, Torpedo Ray)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [369] (Longtail Torpedo Ray)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Short-tail Torpedo Ray)
Waite, E.R. 1928. Check list of the marine fishes of South Australia. Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institute 3(1): 3-13 [4] (Southern Numbfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | TORPEDINIDAE | 27-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |