DREPANIDAE Drepane longimana, 6.8 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Drepane longimana (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) Sicklefish D VIII-IX, 19-23; A III, 17-19; P1 16-18; LLp 46-55; GR 6-8 + 10-12. Body very deep, strongly compressed. Snout profile straight or concave; mouth terminal and protrusible, forming a downward-pointing tube when protruded. Pectoral fins long, falciform, reaching caudal peduncle. Large adults with a bump or bony knob on interorbital region. Color: head and body silvery with 4-10 vertical dark bars usually visible on dorsal part of body from head to caudal-fin base. Size: maximum length about 50 cm. Distribution: temperate and tropical Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa and Red Sea to New Guinea and northern Australia, north to Taiwan and Japan. Remarks: occurs in inshore habitats, such as sand or mud bottoms, reefs and estuaries. Feeds on benthic invertebrates.