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Genera in the family or subfamily Narcinidae: [ 8 ] records


Benthobatis Alcock [A. W.] 1898:144 Fem. Benthobatis moresbyi Alcock 1898. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Benthobatis Alcock 1898 -- (Fechhelm & McEachran 1984 [ref. 5227], Carvalho 1999:233 [ref. 23940], Carvalho et al. 1999:1435 [ref. 24638], Compagno 1999:486 [ref. 25589], Rincon et al. 2001:46 [ref. 25509], Carvalho & Séret 2002:395 [ref. 25996], Carvalho et al. 2002:138 [ref. 26196], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:519 [ref. 26985], Carvalho et al. 2003:926 [ref. 27551], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Carvalho & Last 2016:138 [ref. 34996]). Current status: Valid as Benthobatis Alcock 1898. Narcinidae.

Cyclonarce Gill [T. N.] 1862:387 Fem. Raja timlei Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type stated (name in parentheses in key) as "Narcine Timlei Henle" which is R. timlei Bloch & Schneider. •Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834 -- (Cappetta 1987:162 [ref. 6348], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). Current status: Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834. Narcinidae.

Diplobatis Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1948:562 Fem. Discopyge ommata Jordan & Gilbert 1890. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Diplobatis Bigelow & Schroeder 1948 -- (Fechhelm & McEachran 1984 [ref. 5227], Compagno 1999:486 [ref. 25589], Carvalho & Séret 2002:395 [ref. 25996], Carvalho et al. 2002:138 [ref. 26196], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:519 [ref. 26985], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:101 [ref. 34398], Carvalho & Last 2016:138 [ref. 34996], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194]). Current status: Valid as Diplobatis Bigelow & Schroeder 1948. Narcinidae.

Discopyge Heckel [J. J.] in Tschudi 1846:32 Fem. Discopyge tschudii Heckel 1846. Type by monotypy. Authorship follows Kottelat 1987:52 [ref. 25858]. •Valid as Discopyge Heckel 1846 -- (Fechhelm & McEachran 1984 [ref. 5227], Pequeño et al. 1988 [ref. 12550], Compagno 1999:486 [ref. 25589], Carvalho & Séret 2002:395 [ref. 25996], Carvalho et al. 2002:138 [ref. 26196], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Menni et al. 2009:161 [ref. 30218], Carvalho & Last 2016:138 [ref. 34996]). Current status: Valid as Discopyge Heckel 1846. Narcinidae.

Gonionarce Gill [T. N.] 1862:387 Fem. Narcine indica Henle 1834. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834 -- (Cappetta 1987:162 [ref. 6348], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). Current status: Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834. Narcinidae.

Narcine Henle [F. G. J.] 1834:31 Fem. Torpedo brasiliensis Olfers 1831. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared (apparently later) in Henle 1834:311 [ref. 21447] and Müller & Henle 1841:129 [ref. 3069]. Type possibly designated by Bonaparte 1838:7 (of separate) [ref. 4979]. Spelled Narcina by Jordan & Seale 1905. •Valid as Narcine Henle 1834 -- (Cappetta 1987:162 [ref. 6348], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:12 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:60 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:155 [ref. 22532], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:vii [ref. 21953], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24550], Carvalho et al. 1999:1435 [ref. 24638], Compagno 1999:486 [ref. 25589], Carvalho 2001:561 [ref. 25603], Carvalho et al. 2002:137 [ref. 25894], Carvalho & Séret 2002:395 [ref. 25996], Carvalho et al. 2002:138 [ref. 26196], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:520 [ref. 26985], Compagno et al. 2005:63 [ref. 29145], Paxton et al. 2006:167 [ref. 28995], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194], Carvalho 2008:242 [ref. 29690], Gomon 2008:102 [ref. 30616], Carvalho & White 2016:149 [ref. 34504], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:101 [ref. 34398], Carvalho & Last 2016:139 [ref. 34996], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:22 [ref. 35805], Araújo et al. 2025:[6] 1404 [ref. 42177]). Current status: Valid as Narcine Henle 1834. Narcinidae.

Narcinops Whitley [G. P.] 1940:164 Masc. Narcine tasmaniensis Richardson 1841. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834 -- (Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194]). •Valid as Narcinops Whitley 1940 -- (Carvalho & Last 2016:139 [ref. 34996], White et al. 2017:212 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:51 [ref. 35922]). Current status: Valid as Narcinops Whitley 1940. Narcinidae.

Syrraxis Bonaparte [C. L.] (ex Jourdan) 1841:puntata 160 Masc. Narcine indica Henle 1834. Type by monotypy. Apparently appeared first in puntata 160, fasc. 30 under Torpedo narce. Syrrhaxis Agassiz 1846:359 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834 -- (Cappetta 1987:162 [ref. 6348], Compagno & Heemstra 2007:43 [ref. 29194] with author as Jourdan in Bonaparte). Current status: Synonym of Narcine Henle 1834. Narcinidae.


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