Torpediniformes
Narcinidae
Torpedinidae
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Electric rays (order
Torpediniformes) are
fish that have a rounded body and a pair of organs capable of producing an electric discharge, which is used to stun or kill prey. There are 69 species in two families.
Perhaps the most known members are those of the genus
Torpedo, also called crampfish and numbfish, after which the military
torpedoes are named. The name comes from the
Latin "torpere", to be stiffened or paralyzed.
