| Order: Torpediniformes Family: Torpedinidae Genus: Torpedo Houttuyn, 1764 Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835 En: Atlantic torpedo - Du: Zwarte sidderrog |
Rare species in the Dutch North Sea region (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987: p. 61; Nijssen, 2001: p. 41).
Fisheries data:
| January 1995 | An immature female with a total length of 79 cm was caught in the North Sea area known as the White Bank [55°N, 6°E], at a depth of 20-40 m, by the Dutch vessel UK67 (de Jong & Verhulst, 1995: p. 86, photo). |
| 5 August 1977 | A large female with a length of 116 cm and a width of 75 cm was caught 20 miles north of Ameland, at a depth of 36 m, by the Dutch vessel UK208 (Nijssen, 1978: p. 247-248, photo). |
| 10 September 1970 | Specimen caught in the North Sea area known as the West Hole [53°05'N, 2°50'E] by the Dutch vessel TK2, no further details (de Groot, 1971: p. 17, photo p. 16). |
| 18 October 1964 | Texelse Stenen, Texel, no further details (Nijssen, 1978: p. 248). |
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