Drepane africana Osório, 1892
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The African sicklefish (Drepane africana) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Drepaneidae, the sicklefishes. This fish is found in the costal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands and Mauritania south to Angola, including the Cape Verde Islands and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. It is a coastal species found over sandy and muddy bottoms between depths of 10 and 75 m (33 and 246 ft), moving into coastal lagoons at sexual maturity.
Wikipedia contributors, African sicklefish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:33:39.456316+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Drepane africana Osório, 1892
- Name authority
- Osório, 1892
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Drepaneidae
- Genus
- Drepane
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAcanthuriformes
- familyDrepaneidae Gill, 1872
- genusDrepane Cuvier, 1831
- speciesDrepane africana Osório, 1892
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Drepane. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Concertina fishDrepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | DrepaneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cryptosmilia luna Cope, 1867 Cope, 1867 | synonym |
| Drepane punctata octofasciata Pellegrin, 1905 Pellegrin, 1905 | synonym |
| Drepane punctata africana Osório, 1892 Osório, 1892 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Osório, B. (1892). Estudos ichthyologicos ácerca da fauna dos dominios portuguezes na Africa. 3a nota.--Peixes maritimos das ilhas de S. Thomé, do Principe e ilheo das Rolas. (Contiuaçâo). Jornal Do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas E Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2), v. 2 (no. 7): 205–209. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40339 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37MDX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.