Electric ray
For information about the fictional energy weapon, see raygun.{{Taxobox
color = pink | name = Electric rays | image = Torpedo fuscomaculata2.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Torpedo fuscomaculata | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Chondrichthyes | superordo = Batoidea | ordo = Torpediniformes | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = Narcinidae
Torpedinidae
Electric rays (order Torpediniformes) are fish that have a rounded body and a pair of organs capable of producing an electric discharge, varying from as little as 8 volts to up to 220 volts depending on the species, which is used to stun or kill prey. There are 69 species in four families. [1]
Perhaps the most known members are those of the genus Torpedo, also called crampfish and numbfish, after which the device called a torpedo is named. The name comes from the Latin "torpere", to be stiffened or paralyzed, referring to the effect on someone who handles or steps on a living electric ray.*Atlantic torpedo ray, Torpedo nobiliana
*Pacific electric ray, Torpedo californica
*Lesser electric ray, Narcine brasiliensis
*Blind electric ray, Typhlonarke aysoni*electric ray -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
*List of Species called "electric ray"
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