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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Fishes > Elasmobranchii > Torpedo
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Fishes > Electric Fish > Torpedo

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Torpedo  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Torpedinidae

Note

  • do not confuse entry term ELECTRIC RAYS with RAYS (FISH) see SKATES (FISH)

Scope note

  • A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this family have powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.

History note

  • 1982

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014101

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