Drepane africana

Drepane africana (Osório); African sicklefish Remarks: Drepane africana was a rare catch across all our study areas. This species is synonymous with Cryptosmilia luna (Cope), Drepane punctata octofasciata (Pellegrin) and Drepane punctata africana (Osório). Drepane africana is distributed across marine and brackish waters from Mauritania to southern Angola. It has a deep, rhomboid, and strongly compressed body, with body depth approximately twice the head length and a very steep forehead profile. Its dorsal fin is characterized by a notch separating the spinous and soft portions, consisting of nine spines and 21 soft rays.