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Sicklefish

Drepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Status not recordedbony fish

The sicklefish (Drepane longimana) is a species in the family Drepaneidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the sicklefish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sicklefish live?

Not recorded

Is the sicklefish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sicklefish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyDrepaneidae
  6. genusDrepane
  7. SpeciesDrepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms Chaetodon longimanus, Drepane longimanus, Drepane longimata

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Banded sicklefishEnglish
  • Concertina fishEnglish
  • سمك المنجلArabic
  • KitongBikol
  • lesklec dlouhoploutvýCzech
  • スダレダイJapanese
  • Peixe-pá-de-recifePortuguese
  • Длиннорукая дрепанаRussian
  • ปลาใบปอบั้งThai
  • 金龍Chinese
  • سمك المنجل المخططArabic
  • ユウダチスダレダイJapanese
  • 加破埔Chinese
  • 條紋雞籠鯧Chinese
  • 銅盤仔Chinese
  • 雞倉Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sicklefish

Other species in the same genus Drepane.

Jetto

Drepane punctata

DrepaneidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sicklefish?

The sicklefish (Drepane longimana) belongs to the family Drepaneidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sicklefish (Drepane longimana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sicklefish

MLA

“Sicklefish (Drepane longimana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sicklefish.

BibTeX
@misc{sicklefish_2026,
  title = {Sicklefish (Drepane longimana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sicklefish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}