Torpedo rays in antiquity Pastel Front view of the Pantheon

Front view of the Pantheon on Oxford Street

A man is seated having his hair combed by a boy from whose pocket shows the label [Wr]ay and curled by another with the label Hood

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found in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean

Everton captain William 'Dixie' Dean walks out on to the pitch with his rival Elisha Scott

Torpedo rays in antiquity Pastel Front view of the PantheonRepresentations of the Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo) and the Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) from classical sources. Figures 1 5 show the Common torpedo as drawn or painted on amphorae, a pinax (votive tablet) and a patera (libation bowl). Figure 6 shows the Marbled electric ray from a small pinax. Plate 3 from the monograph Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen antiquarischen Beziehungen [The natural history and antiquarian