West African spadefish

West African spadefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Ephippidae
Genus: Chaetodipterus
Species:
C. lippei
Binomial name
Chaetodipterus lippei
Synonyms[2]
  • Ephippus lippei (Steindachner, 1895)

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetodipterus leppei". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.