| West African spadefish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodipterus |
| Species: | C. lippei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner, 1895 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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. This species was first formally described in 1895 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as Freetown in Liberia. Its specific name honours a Dr Lippe who collected the type while on a voyage on the SM Helgoland.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Chaetodipterus lippei | |