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Scientific Name Drepane longimana  (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Common Name Concertina Fish
Type Locality Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India.
Etymology Drepane: Greek, drepane = sickle. 
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Size 500mm or 19.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Indonesia, New Guinea and Philippines, north to Taiwan and Japan, south to northern Australia.
IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
Other Parameters Found inshore, on sand or mud bottoms, reefs, estuaries and harbors. Marine and brackish water.
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Feeding In nature, this species feeds on benthic invertebrates. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae, pp 229.
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Last Update 2015 Jun 13 03:43 (species record created: 2014 Nov 17 03:43)