Back Swartspikkel-drilvis Afrikaans Torpedo fuscomaculata Bulgarian Torpedo fuscomaculata CEB Schwarztupfen-Torpedorochen German Torpedo fuscomaculata Basque Zwartgestippelde sidderrog Dutch Torpedo fuscomaculata Portuguese Torpedo fuscomaculata Russian Torpedo fuscomaculata Swedish Torpedo fuscomaculata Vietnamese
| Blackspotted torpedo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Torpediniformes |
| Family: | Torpedinidae |
| Genus: | Torpedo |
| Species: | T. fuscomaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Torpedo fuscomaculata W. K. H. Peters, 1855
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Narcacion fuscomaculatus (Peters, 1855) | |
The black-spotted torpedo (Torpedo fuscomaculata) is a poorly known, uncommon species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae, known for being capable of generating an electric shock. It is endemic to southern Africa and possibly several small Indian Ocean islands, although the latter reports may represent undescribed new species.[1] Its appearance is similar to the Gulf torpedo (Torpedo sinuspersici), but it is duller in coloration.[2]
- ^ a b Pollom, R.; Bennett, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Fernando, S.; Kuguru, B.; McCord, M.E. (2019). "Torpedo fuscomaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44621A124436131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44621A124436131.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Smith, J.L.B.; Smith, M.; Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P. (2003). Smith's Sea Fishes. Struik. ISBN 1-86872-890-0.