Saltwater Fish Species Check List - South African Game Reserves
Saltwater Fish Species Check List - South African Game Reserves
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<strong>Saltwater</strong> <strong>Fish</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>Check</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
<strong>Fish</strong>ing is a great way to enjoy <strong>South</strong> Africa's natural surroundings and angling can be a<br />
conservation operation. The most important thing is that we have to protect all fish species in<br />
<strong>South</strong> Africa and we have to make this our mission, or else it will not be done.<br />
Remember to visit www.south-african-game-reserves.com for all your wildlife and fishing<br />
needs...<br />
This check list was compiled by Gareth Roocrof<br />
Copyright Gareth A. Roocroft (The Wildlife Webber) © 2002 - 2009.<br />
Email: gareth.roocroft@gmail.com
<strong>South</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>Fish</strong> And <strong>Fish</strong>ing http://www.south-african-game-reserves.com/fish/home.htm<br />
<strong>Fish</strong>ing is a past time that has been enjoyed by various anglers and sportsman alike over the years. <strong>South</strong> Africa is a fishing hotspot<br />
with over 320 common saltwater fish species… <strong>List</strong>ed below are all the common fish species, you as an angler, can expect to catch.<br />
Here is the <strong>South</strong> <strong>African</strong> saltwater fish species list, it doubles up as a checklist as well… complied by Gareth Roocroft, November<br />
2009<br />
<strong>South</strong> Africa's <strong>Saltwater</strong> <strong>Fish</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />
Non-Edibles (Cartilaginous <strong>Fish</strong>) Date Caught Location Length (Cm) Weight (Kg's)<br />
<strong>African</strong> Angelshark<br />
Banded Catshark<br />
Black Stingray<br />
Blackspot Shark<br />
Blackspotted Catshark<br />
Blacktip Shark (Blackfin Shark)<br />
Blue Stingray<br />
Bluespotted Ribbontail<br />
Bluntnose Spiny Dogfish<br />
Bronze Whaler (Copper Shark)<br />
Brown Skate<br />
Common Eagleray<br />
Cowshark<br />
Devil Ray<br />
Diamond Ray<br />
Duckbill Ray<br />
Dusky Shark<br />
Elephantfish<br />
Flapnose Ray<br />
Giant Sandshark (Guitarfish)<br />
Great Hammerhead Shark<br />
Great White Shark<br />
Greyspot Sandshark (Guitarfish)<br />
Hardnose Houndshark<br />
Honeycomb Ray<br />
Largetooth Sawfish<br />
Leopard Catshark<br />
Lesser Sandshark (Guitarfish)<br />
Marbled Electric Ray<br />
Milkshark<br />
Round Ribbontail<br />
Sandbar Shark<br />
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark<br />
Shyshark<br />
Silvertip Shark<br />
Smooth Hammerhead Shark<br />
Smoothound Shark<br />
Soupfin Shark (Vaalhaai)<br />
Spearnose Skate<br />
Spinner Shark<br />
Spotted Eagleray<br />
Spotted Gullyshark<br />
Spotted Ragged Tooth Shark<br />
Spotted Spiny Dogfish<br />
Striped Catshark<br />
Tiger Catshark<br />
Tiger Shark<br />
Whitespotted Shark<br />
Zambezi Shark (Bull Shark)<br />
Zebra Shark
Edibles (Bony <strong>Fish</strong>es) Date Caught Location Length (Cm) Weight (Kg's)<br />
<strong>African</strong> Mudskipper<br />
<strong>African</strong> Pompano<br />
Baardman (Tasselfish)<br />
Banddot Goatfish<br />
Banded Galjoen<br />
Banded Surgeon<br />
Barred Flagtail<br />
Barred Needlefish (Garfish)<br />
Bartail Flathead<br />
Beautiful Fusilier<br />
Bigeye Kingfish<br />
Bigeye Stumpnose<br />
Bigeye Tuna<br />
Bigscale Scorpionfish<br />
Black Marlin<br />
Black Musselcracker<br />
Black Seacatfish (Sea Barbel)<br />
Blackbanded Amberjack<br />
Blackhand Sole<br />
Blacksaddle Goatfish<br />
Blacktail<br />
Blacktip Kingfish<br />
Bloodsnapper<br />
Blotcheye Soldier<br />
Bludger Kingfish<br />
Blue Chub<br />
Blue Emperor<br />
Blue Kingfish<br />
Bluebanded Snapper<br />
Bluefin Kingfish<br />
Blueskin<br />
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse<br />
Bonefish<br />
Brassy Chub<br />
Brassy Kingfish<br />
Bridle Triggerfish<br />
Brindle Bass<br />
Bronze Bream<br />
Brown Butterflyfish<br />
Brownspotted Rockcod<br />
Brusher (White Musselcracker)<br />
Bumpnose Kingfish<br />
Cape Anchovy<br />
Cape Gurnard<br />
Cape Knifejaw<br />
Cape Moony<br />
Cape Silverside<br />
Cape Snoek<br />
Cape Stumpnose<br />
Cape Yellowtail (Amberjack)<br />
Carpenter<br />
Catface Rockcod<br />
Cavebass<br />
Clown Triggerfish<br />
Clownfish<br />
Coachman<br />
Cock Grunter<br />
Common Soapy<br />
Concertina <strong>Fish</strong><br />
Copper Bream<br />
Coral Rockcod<br />
Couta (King Mackerel)<br />
Crocodile Needlefish<br />
Crown Squirrelfish<br />
Cutlassfish<br />
Dageraad<br />
Dane<br />
Devil Firefish
Edibles (Bony <strong>Fish</strong>es)… contd Date Caught Location Length (Cm) Weight (Kg's)<br />
Dianas Wrasse<br />
Dorado<br />
Doublesash Butterflyfish<br />
Doublespotted Queenfish<br />
Dusky Kob (Daga, Kabeljou)<br />
Dusky Rubberlip<br />
Dusky Sweeper<br />
East Coast Sole<br />
Eastern Little Tuna (Bonito)<br />
Eel Barbel<br />
Emperor Angelfish<br />
Emperor Snapper<br />
Englishman<br />
Estuarine Roundherring<br />
Evileyed Puffer<br />
False Englishman<br />
False Jacopever<br />
Flathead Mullet<br />
Fourbar Damsel<br />
Fransmadam<br />
Freckled Hawkfish<br />
Frigate Tuna<br />
Fringelip Tonguesole<br />
Galjoen<br />
Garrick (Leervis)<br />
Geelbeck (Cape Salmon)<br />
German<br />
Giant Kingfish<br />
Glassnosed Anchovy<br />
Goldbar Wrasse<br />
Golden Kingfish<br />
Goldsaddle Hogfish<br />
Grass Klipfish (Klipvis)<br />
Great Barracuda<br />
Greater Amberjack<br />
Green Jobfish<br />
Grey Barenose<br />
Grey Chub<br />
Grey Grunter<br />
Hake<br />
Halfmoon Butterflyfish<br />
Halfmoon Rockcod<br />
Hardyhead Silverside<br />
Honeycomb Moray Eel<br />
Hottentot<br />
Humpback Snapper<br />
Indian Goatfish<br />
Indian Mackerel<br />
Indian Mirrorfish<br />
Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin<br />
Jacopever<br />
Javelin Grunter<br />
John Brown<br />
Kelee Shad<br />
King Soldierbream<br />
Kingklip<br />
Ladder Wrasse<br />
Largemouth Queenfish<br />
Largescale Lizardfish<br />
Largetooth Flounder<br />
Lemon Sole<br />
Lemonfish<br />
Limespot Butterflyfish<br />
Lined Hogfish<br />
Lonfin Kob<br />
Longarm Mullet<br />
Longfin Batfish
Edibles (Bony <strong>Fish</strong>es) Contd Date Caught Location Length (Cm) Weight (Kg's)<br />
Longfin Kingfish<br />
Longfin Pompano<br />
Longfin Tuna (Albacore)<br />
Longhorn Cowfish<br />
Longhorn Unicorn<br />
Longnose Butterflyfish<br />
Longnose Emperor<br />
Longnose Kingfish<br />
Longspine Glassy<br />
Maasbanker<br />
Mackerel<br />
Madagascar Butterflyfish<br />
Malabar Kingfish<br />
Malabar Rockcod<br />
Maned Blenny<br />
Masked Cardinal<br />
Maypole Butterflyfish<br />
Milkfish<br />
Milkspotted Puffer<br />
Mini Kob<br />
Minstrel Rubberlip<br />
Moonfish<br />
Moorish Idol<br />
Mozambique Knifejaw<br />
Natal Fingerfin<br />
Natal Knifejaw<br />
Natal Moony<br />
Natal Snoek (Queen Mackerel)<br />
Natal Stumpnose<br />
Natal Wrasse<br />
Needlescaled Queenfish<br />
Old Woman<br />
Oxeye Tarpon<br />
Panga<br />
Peacock Rockcod<br />
Pickhandle Barracuda (Sea Pike)<br />
Pinky<br />
Potato Bass<br />
Powder Blue Surgeon<br />
Prodigal Son (Cobia)<br />
Rainbow Runner<br />
Rainbow Wrasse<br />
Razorfish<br />
Rectangular Triggerfish<br />
Red Roman<br />
Red Steenbras<br />
Red Stumpnose<br />
Redbarred Rockcod<br />
Red-eye Sardine<br />
Remora <strong>Fish</strong><br />
Rightangle Butterflyfish<br />
Ringed Flounder<br />
River Bream<br />
River Snapper<br />
Rock Flagtail<br />
Rosy Jobfish<br />
Russels Snapper<br />
Saddle Grunter<br />
Saddleback Wrasse<br />
Sailfin Rubberlip<br />
Sailfish<br />
Sand Soldier<br />
Sand Steenbras<br />
Santer<br />
Sardine (Pilchard)<br />
Saury<br />
Scotsman<br />
Sea Goldfish
Edibles (Bony <strong>Fish</strong>es) Contd Date Caught Location Length (Cm) Weight (Kg's)<br />
Semicircle Angelfish<br />
Sergeant Major<br />
Seventyfour<br />
Shad (Elf)<br />
Shortfin Kingfish<br />
Shrimp Scad<br />
Silver Eel<br />
Silver Sillago<br />
Silverflash Spinecheek<br />
Sixstripe Soapfish<br />
Skipjack<br />
Slender Giant Moray Eel<br />
Slender Glassy<br />
Slender Scad<br />
Slender Soapy<br />
Slinger<br />
Smallscale Pursemouth<br />
Smalltooth Flounder<br />
Snapper Kob<br />
Soldier Bream<br />
<strong>South</strong>ern Mullet (Harder)<br />
Spadefish<br />
Speckled Snapper<br />
Spot Damsel<br />
Spotsnapper<br />
Spotted Butterflyfish<br />
Spotted Grunter<br />
Spotted Halfbeak<br />
Spotted Hawkfish<br />
Springer<br />
Squaretail Kob<br />
Steentjie<br />
Stonebream<br />
Stonefish<br />
Strepie (Karanteen)<br />
Striped Barbel<br />
Striped Bonito<br />
Striped Grunter<br />
Striped Marlin<br />
Striped Mullet<br />
Striped Threadfin<br />
Swallowtail Rockcod<br />
Tank Goby<br />
Target John Dory<br />
Threadfin Butterflyfish<br />
Threadfin Mirrorfish<br />
Threadfin Pursemouth<br />
Tigerfish (Thornfish)<br />
Tomato Rockcod<br />
Toothed Soapy<br />
Torpedo Scad<br />
Tripletail<br />
Tropical Yellowtail<br />
Twinspot Snapper<br />
Twotone Fingerfin<br />
Vagabond Butterflyfish<br />
Wahoo<br />
Wave Garrick (Largespot Pompano)<br />
West Coast Sole<br />
West Coast Steenbras<br />
White Karanteen<br />
White Seacatfish (Sea Barbel)<br />
White Steenbras (Pignose Grunter)<br />
White Stumpnose<br />
Whitebarred Rubberlip<br />
White-Edged Rockcod<br />
Whitespotted Butterflyfish<br />
Whitespotted Rabbitfish<br />
Wolfherring<br />
Yellowbanded Goatfish<br />
Yellowbelly rockcod<br />
Yellowedged Moray Eel<br />
Yellowfin Emperor<br />
Yellowfin Needlefish (Garfish)<br />
Yellowfin Surgeon<br />
Yellowfin Tuna<br />
Yellowspotted Kingfish<br />
Yellowtail Rockcod<br />
Zebra
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