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African spadefish

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African spadefish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Ephippidae
Genus: Tripterodon
Playfair, 1867
Species:
T. orbis
Binomial name
Tripterodon orbis
Playfair, 1867

The African spadefish (Tripterodon orbis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. This species is found on the reefs along the Indian Ocean coast of Africa east to India and Sri Lanka as far as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 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 genus Tripterodon.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tripterodon orbis". FishBase. February 2023 version.
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