Scientific Name	Drepane longimana   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	3 - 50M
Chinese	條紋雞籠鯧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雞籠鯧科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F392　Drepaneidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	條紋雞籠鯧
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	銅盤仔、金龍、雞倉、咬破埔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Tranquebar, India
Synonyms	Chaetodon longimanus, Drepane longimanus, Drepane punctata
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056569. MTP0027. NMMBP00109. NMMBP01309. NMMBP05521. NMMSTP00848. NMNSF00326. NMNSF00952. NTMP1246. NTMP1350. NTUM06284. NTUM06944. NTUM07027. RUSI35658. SIO90-151. USNM00177440.
Common Name	Sicklefish; Concertina fish; Barred sicklefish; Concertina-fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval and strongly compressed. Snout profile straight or concave; preorbital deep. Interorbital, preorbital and broad preopercular flange naked; opercle scaly dorsally; ventral edge of preopercle serrate in juveniles; a fringe of cirri just behind chin. Mouth highly protrusible, forming a downward-pointing tube when protruded; jaws with bands of setiform teeth; no teeth on roof of mouth; maxilla exposed posteriorly. First gill arch with 6 to 8 gill rakers on upper limb, 10 to 12 on lower limb. A single dorsal fin, with VIII or IX spines and 19 to 23 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 to 19 soft rays; caudal fin rounded or bluntly wedgeshaped, almost truncate in large adults; pectoral fins elongate, falciform, reaching caudal peduncle, with 16 to 18 rays. Lateral-line scales 46 to 55. Head and body silvery; 4 to 10 subvertical dark bars usually visible on dorsal part of body from head to caudal-fin base; median fins dusky, darker distally; 2 or 3 longitudinal rows of small dark spots on soft dorsal fin.
habitats	Found inshore, on sand or mud bottoms, reefs, estuaries and harbors. Maximum depth for this species is less than 50 m. Feeds on benthic invertebrates. Breeds close inshore during spring.
Distribution	Commonly distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to Indonesia, New Guinea and Philippines, north to Taiwan and Japan, south to northern Australia. It is common in waters around Taiwan except
Utility	Marketed fresh.