#2018 · 🦈 sharks & rays
Marbled Torpedo
🇳🇱 Gemarmerde sidderrog ·Torpedo marmorata
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what is it?
The marbled electric ray ( Torpedo marmorata ) is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to South Africa. This benthic fish inhabits rocky reefs, seagrass beds, and sandy and muddy flats in shallow to moderately deep waters. It can survive in environments with very little dissolved oxygen, such as tidal pools. The marbled electric ray has a nearly circular pectoral fin...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,125 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Antoine Risso in 1810 (216 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Marbled Torpedo
- Nederlands
- Gemarmerde sidderrog
- scientific name
- Torpedo marmorata
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Torpediniformes
- family
- Torpedinidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 597
- sightings worldwide
- 1,125
- GBIF records in NL
- 18
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1810 by Antoine Risso
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 114244, Wikidata Q912073, GBIF 5215518, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.