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.