Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ephippidae | Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes Rank Species | |
Genus Tripterodon
Playfair, 1867 Similar Ephippus, Chaetodipterus zonatus, Proteracanthus sarissophorus, Platax batavianus, Ephippidae | ||
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.
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