West African spadefish
Species of fish
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The West African spadefish (Chaetodipterus lippei) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. This species is found over sandy and muddy bottoms at depths of 10 to 50 m (33 to 164 ft) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola, including Cape Verde. The West African spadefish reaches a maximum total length of 31 cm (12 in), although 20 cm (7.9 in) is more typical.[2] This species was first formally described in 1895 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as Freetown in Liberia.[3] Its specific name honours a Dr Lippe who collected the type while on a voyage on the SM Helgoland.[4]
| West African spadefish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipterus |
| Species: | C. lippei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner, 1895 | |
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