Drepane (fish)

Drepane is a genus of fishes known commonly as the sicklefishes.[1] It is the only genus in the perciform fish family Drepaneidae.[1] These fish occur in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, and in the eastern Atlantic near Africa.

Drepane
Spotted sicklefish (D. punctata)
Scientific classification
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Drepaneidae

Genus:
Drepane

G. Cuvier, 1831
Type species
Chaetodon punctatus

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

See also

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Drepaneidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Drepane in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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