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GBIF·2341680speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familySchilbeidae
  5. ›genusIrvineia
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Butterfish

Irvineia voltae Trewavas, 1943

Also calledAkotsogada (ewe) · Gada-agborhor (ewe) · Tasaa (ewe) · Tasaa-agborhor (gle)

First described in: Trewavas, E. (1943). New schilbeid fishes from the Gold Coast, with a synopsis of the African genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Series B v. 113 (pt 3): 164-171.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2341680.