[3] The fish is named in honor of Hans Julius Lübbert (1870-1951), a German fisheries inspector.

[4] African wedgefish have a pale olive-brown or olive-grey color with white spots spread across their back.

[6][7] The fish is found in the warm East Atlantic in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Its natural habitats are shallow seas, coral reefs, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons.

Afterward, they receive nutrition from their mother by absorbing uterine fluid that contains mucus, fat, or protein through specialized structures.