Drepane africana Osório, 1892

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 299

Drepane africana Osório, 1892

Drepane punctata africana Osório, 1892 [Synonym: senior, original� Drepane punctata (non Linnaeus, 1758) [Misapplied�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 45 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 10-75 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Mauritania to Angola, São Tome, Cape Verde Islands. Regularly caught by artisanal and industrial fishery along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).