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... The catalyst of this reshuffle was the brown sabeph (Formerly Aommatopeton tridens, now Sabephium tridens). At roughly 2,5 meters long, this medium sized sabeph doesn’t seem too peculiar except for its skin color. Its blunt head and short muzzle are why it was long placed in the genus Aommatopeton as a close relative to the common sabeph (Aommatopeton vulgaris). Upon closed inspection though, a key difference between the common- and the brown sabeph was found: the upper jaw of the common sabeph has split tips, while that of the brown sabeph has a fused single tip. A following genetic analysis confirmed that the brown sabeph is in fact closer related to beaked sabephs that it is to the common sabeph. It was then placed into its own genus Sabephium and the led to the creation of the new family Sabephiidae. Due to this new insight, many other sabephs got a closer inspection which led to the whole phylogenetic tree being redone.
The brown sabeph is one of the most widespread species and luckily for us, also one of the friendliest, which has led to many individuals having been tagged, providing us with valuable information about their habits. This species feeds on a wide variety of prey items, but appears to generally be less durophagous than common sabephs, which is likely how they manage to exist in many the same habitats.…

Read more about them here spacestationrhynia.blogspot.co…

Description
... The catalyst of this reshuffle was the brown sabeph (Formerly Aommatopeton tridens, now Sabephium tridens). At roughly 2,5 meters long, this medium sized sabeph doesn’t seem too peculiar except for its skin color. Its blunt head and short muzzle are why it was long placed in the genus Aommatopeton as a close relative to the common sabeph (Aommatopeton vulgaris). Upon closed inspection though, a key difference between the common- and the brown sabeph was found: the upper jaw of the common sabeph has split tips, while that of the brown sabeph has a fused single tip. A following genetic analysis confirmed that the brown sabeph is in fact closer related to beaked sabephs that it is to the common sabeph. It was then placed into its own genus Sabephium and the led to the creation of the new family Sabephiidae. Due to this new insight, many other sabephs got a closer inspection which led to the whole phylogenetic tree being redone.
The brown sabeph is one of the most widespread species and luckily for us, also one of the friendliest, which has led to many individuals having been tagged, providing us with valuable information about their habits. This species feeds on a wide variety of prey items, but appears to generally be less durophagous than common sabephs, which is likely how they manage to exist in many the same habitats.…

Read more about them here spacestationrhynia.blogspot.co…