Drepane africana Osorio, 1892 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Allen, 1981b | Bauchot, 1992j | Bauchot, 2003m | Heemstra, 2016a | Reiner, 1996 .
  • Common names : Lokrodette (Adioukrou: Côte d'Ivoire), Touazoua [Arabic, Hassaniya (Hassania): Mauritania], Cozinheiro / Peixe-galo (Creole, Portuguese), Afrikansk seglfisk (Danish), African sicklefish / Sheephead (English), Aafrika hõbesöörkala (Estonian), Dü / Gbagbadza / Kpenukpa (Ewe: Togo), Gbagba (Fon GBE: Benin), Chameau / Disque / Forgeron ailé / Poisson-disque / Saint Pierre rayé (French), Gbagba (Gen-Gbe: Benin), Engnoba [Jola-Fonyi (Diola): Senegal], Baa danbandingho / Itapandan / Tapandaro (Mandinka: Senegal), Adamlangara / Oko (Côte d'Ivoire), Gdagbadza (Togo), Catemo / Concertina / Enxada / Enxada-africana / Peixe-concertina / Peixe-enxada / Peixe-enxada-africano / Peixe-machado / Peixe-pa / Quinxada (Portuguese), Catemo africano (Spanish), Debeleni / Débélényi (Susu: Guinea), Tchipaplepangou (Vili: Congo), Ileeri gééj / Tapandar / Tapandâr / Tappandaar / Tawet (Wolof: Senegal), Safar [Wolof (Lebou): Senegal] .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Fiogbé et al., 2003 | Kumolu-Johnson & Ndimele, 2010 | Torres, 1991 .
  • Current distribution known : occurs along the entire West African coast, from Mauritania to Angola, including the Cape verde Isalnds .
  • Distribution_references : Allen, 1981b | Bauchot, 1992j | Bauchot, 2003m | Heemstra, 2016a .
  • Food habits / trophic level : diet consists of bivalves and gastropods .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Allen, 1981b | Diouf, 1996 .
  • Habitat / home range : essentially marine, but entering coastal lagoons where begins the sexual maturation .
  • Habitat_references : Heemstra, 2016a .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Allen, 1981b | Bauchot, 1992j | Bauchot, 2003m | Heemstra, 2016a | Reiner, 1996 .
  • Size : 400 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Drepane punctata var. africana Osorio, 1892: 207. Type locality: "Ilheo des Rolas", West African coast. Type lost.
    • Drepane punctata var. octofasciata Pellegrin, 1905 g: 51, fig. Type locality: "côte de Mauritanie". One of the syntypes MNHN n° 1905-306, the second one is lost.
  • Use and trade : commercially harvested for human consumption .