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Drepaneidae
African sicklefish
Drepane africana
Forty Five Centimeters Drepaneid Fish of African Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Deep-bodied
MediumAfrican sicklefish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 45 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Drepaneidae
- Genus
- Drepane
- Maximum length
- 45 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: West African coast, from Senegal to Angola (Ref. 7350 , 81287 ). Also reported from the Canary Islands, Cape Verde (Ref. 7350 ) and Mauritania (Ref. 5377 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
