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Answer for the clue "Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges ", 9 letters:
crampfish

Word definitions for crampfish in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges [syn: electric ray , numbfish , torpedo ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The torpedo, or electric ray, whose touch gives an electric shock.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Crampfish may refer to: Coffin ray , Hypnos monopterygius Atlantic torpedo , Torpedo nobiliana Common torpedo , Torpedo torpedo

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes . [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but ...

Usage examples of crampfish.

The unfortunate Conseil had attacked a crampfish of the most dangerous kind, the cumana.