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Santer
The santer is an oval-shaped fish, with a silver-pink body and poorly defined vertical pink bands on its sides that are particularly indistinct on adults. Its pectoral fins are pale blue. This fish is a predator, hunting smaller fish, crustaceans and squid along the southern African East Coast to the Cape of Good Hope. Santers that are line-caught in South Africa are listed as Orange by WWF-SASSI, while those caught in Mozambique are Red. This species is best avoided while stocks recover.White kingfish
The white kingfish is a large fish with a silver-grey body that can take on a green tint on the fish’s upper side, and a yellow band that runs along its lateral line. Schools of white kingfish inhabit coastal waters across the Atlantic Ocean – from the United States and Spain to South Africa. It prefers to shoal over reefs, where it spawns during winter. Young white kingfish typically hunt small invertebrates and fish using suction (just like seahorses) The IUCN status of the white kingfish is Least Concern.Seventy-four
The seventy-four is a beautiful fish, with a pinkish head and belly, silver-yellow body and four to six iridescent blue stripes running horizontally across its sides.
Longfinned batfish
The longfinned batfish has a narrow body and steep forehead, in profile appearing as a large disc.
Garrick (leervis)
The garrick is an elongated predator, with a sleek silver-green body and dark fins. Its most notable identifying feature is the downward curving lateral line along its sides.
Yellowfin surgeonfish
The yellowfin surgeonfish is a beautiful fish that gradually changes colour as it matures.
Comet
The comet is a tropical reef-dwelling fish that is characterised by its dark black-brown body which is covered in small white spots.
Yellow teardrop butterflyfish
This bright yellow butterflyfish is easily identifiable by its coloration, its black eye spot and the black bar through its eye.
Copperband butterflyfish
The copperband butterflyfish is visually very similar to the South African butterflyfish.
Jumping bean
The jumping bean is a shy fish, but it is hard to miss when one catches a glimpse of its brilliant blue body and burnt orange head and back.
Ocellated snake-eel
Ocellated snake-eels inhabit sandy coral reefs and lagoons along South Africa’s east coast
Sand shrimp
The tiny sand shrimp is a scavenger, common in intertidal pools and rocky coasts along the west coast of Southern Africa and the southern Cape.