African spadefish
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Genus: | Tripterodon Playfair, 1867
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Species: | T. orbis
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Tripterodon orbis Playfair, 1867
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Tripterodon orbis, the African spadefish, is a species of spadefish native to reefs along the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. This species grows to a length of 75 centimetres (30 in) TL. This species is important to local commercial fisheries and is also popular as a game fish. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tripterodon orbis". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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