Torpedo marmorata Marbled electric ray

Torpedo marmorata is commonly referred to as Marbled electric ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4472 

AphiaID:

271684 

Scientific:

Torpedo marmorata 

German:

Marmor-Zitterrochen 

English:

Marbled Electric Ray 

Category:

Скаты 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Torpediniformes (Order) > Torpedinidae (Family) > Torpedo (Genus) > marmorata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Risso, 1810 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, Benin, Gambia, West Sahara, Ghana, the North Sea, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Israel, Madeira, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South-Africa, Spain, Tansania, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa, Yemen 

Sea depth:

2 - 370 Meter 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Weight:

3 kg 

Temperature:

213.8 °F - 19,2 °F (101°C - 19,2°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Torpedo adenensis
• 
  Torpedo andersoni
  Florida Torpedorochen, Andersons Torpedorochen, Karibischer Torpedorochen
• Torpedo bauchotae
• 
  Torpedo fuscomaculata
  Schwarztupfen-Torpedorochen
• Torpedo mackayana
• 
  Torpedo marmorata
  Marmor-Zitterrochen
• 
  Torpedo panthera
  Bogenstirn-Zitterrochen
• 
  Torpedo sinuspersici
  Zitterrochen
• Torpedo suessii
• 
  Torpedo torpedo
  Gefleckter Zitterrochen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-07-27 20:10:57 

Last edit:

2025-07-20 09:21:39 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Torpedo marmorata has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Torpedo marmorata in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Torpedo marmorata. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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