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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipterus |
| Species: | C. lippei
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner, 1895
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References
edit- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Camara, K.; Djiman, R.; et al. (2015). "Chaetodipterus lippei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21128493A21912654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21128493A21912654.en. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetodipterus leppei". FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetodipterus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (12 January 2021). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 April 2023.