Tripterodon orbis

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]

Tripterodon orbis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Tripterodon

Playfair, 1867
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T. orbis
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Tripterodon orbis
Playfair, 1867

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Tripterodon orbis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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