Drepane (fish)
| Drepane | |
|---|---|
| Spotted sicklefish (D. punctata) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Drepaneidae T. N. Gill, 1872 |
| Genus: | Drepane G. Cuvier, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon punctatus | |
Drepane is a genus of marine and brackish water ray-finned fishes, known commonly as the sicklefishes. It is the only genus in the monotypic percomorph family Drepaneidae. These fish occur in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, and in the eastern Atlantic near Africa.