List of marine fishes of the suborder Percoidei of South Africa

• Bandfish Acanthocepola indica (Day, 1888) (Occasionally taken by trawl in coastal waters from Natal to Japan)[1]
• Owstonia weberi (Gilchrist, 1922) (Natal to Kenya)[1]

• Redfingers Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803 (Kunene river, Namibia to Durban)[1][2]
• Barred fingerfin Cheilodactylus pixi Smith, 1980 (Knysna to Coffee Bay)[1][2](False Bay to Coffee Bay)[3]
• Twotone fingerfin Chirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier, 1830) (Walvis Bay to Delagoa Bay)[1][2]
• Bank steenbras Chirodactylis grandis (Günther, 1860) (Walvis Bay to possibly Natal)[1][2]
• Natal fingerfin Chirodactylus jessicalenorum Smith, 1980 (Coffee Bay Transkei to Sodwana Bay)[1][2]

• Twospot hawkfish Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins, 1903) (Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Spotted hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Indo-Pacific south to East London)[1][2]
• Marbled hawkfish Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific south to Port Alfred)[1]
• Blackspotted hawkfish Cirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) (Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozanbique and South Africa south to Bizana)[1]
• Swallowtail hawkfish Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1875) (East Africa south to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Horseshoe hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) (Indo-Pacific south to the Transkei)[1]
• Freckled hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific south to Northern KwaZulu-Natal)[2]

• Lanternbelly Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859 (off Natal)[1]
• Howella sherborni (Norman, 1930) (off Cape Town to Natal)[1]
• Sombre splitfin Neoscomberops annectens Gilchrist, 1922 (off Natal and southern Mozambique)[1]
• Silver splitfin Neoscomberops cynodon (Regan, 1921) (Known from 2 specimens off Natal)[1]
• Japanese splitfin Synagrops japonicus (Doderlein, 1884) (off Natal)[1]

• Glassy or Bald glassy Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802) (Port Elizabeth to tropical Indian Ocean)[1][2]
• Slender glassy Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Natal south to Umtata River)[1]
• Longspine glassy Ambassis productus Guichenot, 1866 (Madagascar and east African coast south to southern Natal)[1]

Subfamily: Apogoninae

• Broadstriped cardinal Apogon angustatus (Smith and Radcliffe, 1911) (Red Sea to Natal)[1][2]
• Short tooth cardinal Apogon apogonides (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Bandtail cardinal Apogon aureus (Lacepède, 1802) (Red Sea south to Durban)[1][2]
• Ruby cardinal Apogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838 (Red Sea south to Durban)[1]
• Blackbanded cardinal Apogon cookii Macleay, 1881 (Western Indian Ocean south to Durban)[1][2]
• Diamond cardinal Apogon enigmaticus (Smith, 1961) (1 specimen off Durban)[1]
• Coachwhip cardinal Apogon flagelliferus (Smith, 1961) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique)[1]
• Spurcheek cardinal Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes, 1832 (Durban to Red Sea)[1]
• Spinyhead cardinal Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 (Algoa Bay to Red Sea)[1]
• Smallscale cardinal Apogon multitaeniatus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Red Sea to Durban)[1]
• Blackfoot cardinal Apogon nigripes Playfair, 1867 (Lake St. Lucia northwards, probably to Red Sea)[1]
• Spotfin cardinal Apogon queketti Gilchrist, 1903 (Natal coast to southern Red Sea)[1]
• Threeband cardinal Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1876 (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Ninestripe cardinal Apogon taeniophorus Regan, 1908 (Indian Ocean south to Sodwana Bay)[1][2]
• Masked cardinal Apogon thermalis Cuvier, 1829 (Indo-West Pacific to southern Natal)[1]
• Sad cardinal Apogon timorensis Bleeker, 1854 (Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Ocellated cardinal Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber, 1913) (Indo-West Pacific south to Coffee Bay)[1]
• Speckled cardinal Apogonichthys Bleeker, 1954 (Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Shimmering cardinal Archamia lineolata (Ehrenberg, 1828) (Indo-Pacific, Red sea to Durban)[1]
• Mozambique cardinal Archamia mozambiquensis Smith, 1961 (Zanzibar to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Tiger cardinal Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède, 1801 (Sodwana Bay to Red Sea)[1]
• Foa Foa brachygramma (Jenkins, 1903) (Indo-Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Crosseyed cardinal Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831) (Natal to Red Sea)[1]
• Arrow cardinal Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Sea urchin cardinal Siphamia mossambica Smith, 1955 (Kenya to Sodwana Bay)[1]

Subfamily: Pseudaminae

• Jelly cardinal Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1955 (Indo-Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Limpid cardinal Pseudamiops pellucidus (Smith, 1954) (East Africa south to Sodwana Bay)[1]

• Bathyclupea elongata Trunov, 1975 (Known only from holotype taken off Western Cape)[1]

• Pomfret Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Algoa Bay to Walvis Bay)[1]
• Tropical pomfret Brama orcini Cuvier, 1831 (off Natal, Tropical Indo-Pacific)[1]
• Fanfish Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1769) (off Mozambique, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth and St. Helena Bay)[1]
• Prickly fanfish Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorff, 1878) (Mid Pacific to Africa, south round the Cape of good Hope to Cape Town)[1]
• Rough pomfret Taractes asper Lowe, 1843 (North Atlantic, North Pacific, Southern Madagascar to Natal and the Cape)[1]
• Sickle pomfret Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883) (Indo-Pacific from California to Zanzibar and south to False Bay)[1]

• Blue-and-gold fusilier Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801 (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]
• Lunar fusilier Caesio lunaris Ehrenberg, 1830 (Red Sea south to Natal)[1]
• Beautiful fusilier Caesio teres Seale, 1906 (Sodwana Bay to Kenya)[1]
• Yellowback fusilier Caesio xanthanota Bleeker, 1853 (Indian Ocean south to Sodwana Bay)[1][2]
• Dark-banded fusilier Pterocaesio tile Cuvier, 1830 (East Africa south to Sodwana Bay, juvenile found at Haga Haga just north of East London)[1]

• Goldie Callanthias legras Smith, 1947 (Dassen Island (Western Cape) to Natal)[1]

• Threadfin mirrorfish or African pompano Alectis ciliaris (Bloch 1787) (Algoa Bay northwards, cicumtropical)[1]
• Indian mirrorfish or Indian threadfish Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830) (Durban northwards throughout Indian Ocean)[1]
• Shrimp scad Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) (Durban northwards to Red Sea)[1]
• Longfin kingfish Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830) (East London northwards throughout Indian Ocean to Gulf of Thailand and Japan)[1]
• Longnose kingfish Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833) (Algoa Bay northward, and eastward to Japan and Australia)[1]
• Coastal kingfish Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Durban northwards, and eastwards to Japan and Australia)[1][2]
• Shadow kingfish Carangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851 (Durban northward to Tanzania)[1]
• Whitefin kingfish Carangoides equula (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Algoa Bay northward to Somalia and Gulf of Oman)[1]
• Blue kingfish Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Port Elizabeth)[1][2]
• Yellowspotted kingfish Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1][2]
• Bludger Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833) (Indo-West Pacific to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Bumpnose kingfish Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley, 1934) (Durban northwards in coastal waters)[1]
• Malabar kingfish Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Coachwhip kingfish Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier, 1833) (Western Indian Ocean south to Durban)[1]
• Barcheek kingfish Carangoides plagiotaenia (Bleeker, 1857) (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Blacktip kingfish Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830) (Durban north to Zanzibar)[1][2](syn. Caranx sem Cuvier, 1833)
• Giant kingfish Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Port Elizabeth)[1][2]
• Black kingfish Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 (Circumtropical. Taken off East London)[1]
• Bluefin kingfish Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Natal)[1][2]
• Brassy kingfish Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 (Port Alfred north to Zanzibar)[1]
• Bigeye kingfish Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Tropical Ind-Pacific south to Natal)[2]
• Tille kingfish Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833 (Durban north to Zanzibar)[1]
• Mackerel scad Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833) (Knysna northward, Circumtropical)[1]
• Slender scad Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851 (Indo-Pacific south to Knysna)[1]
• Indian scad Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) (Durban northwards to Japan and Australia)[1]
• Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Durban northwards, Circumtropical)[1]
• Golden kingfish Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Northern KwaZulu-Natal)[1][2](syn. Gnathodon speciosus)
• Leervis or Garrick Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean sea south along west coast of Africa and around Cape to Delagoa Bay)[1][2]
• Torpedo scad Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to East London)[1]
• Pilotfish Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Circumtropical, common throughout Indian Ocean)[1]
• White kingfish Pseudocarymx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Durban southwards, anti-tropical on both sides of Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indo-West Pacific)[1]
• Talang queenfish Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède, 1801 (Indian Ocean south to Port Elizabeth)[1][2]
• Doublespotted queenfish Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Needlescaled queenfish Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832) (Indian Ocean south to Natal)[1]
• Greater yellowtail or Greater amberjack Seriola dumerill Risso, 1810 (Algoa Bay to Persian Gulf)[1]
• Giant yellowtail Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (Most common on Atlantic Cape waters, but follows the pilchard migration to Transkei and Natal. Circumglobal in subtropical waters)[1][2]
• Longfin yellowtail Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 (Knysna northward. Circumtropical entering temperate waters in some places)[1]
• Blackbanded kingfish Seriolina nigrofasciata (Rüppell, 1829) (Indian Ocean south to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Southern pompano Trachinotus africanus Smith, 1967 (Knysna to Delagoa Bay)[1][2]
• Smallspotted pompano Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepède, 1801) (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Snubnose pompano Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801) (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Largespotted pompano Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803) (Algoa Bay to Kenya)[1][2]
• African maasbanker Trachurus delagoa Nekrasov, 1970 (Eastern Cape province to Mozambique)[1]
• Maasbanker Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Norway south and round the Cape of Good Hope to Delagoa Bay[2]
• Cottonmouth kingfish Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860) (Algoa Bay)[1]

• Caristius groenlandicus Jensen, 1942 (off Durban)[1]
• Caristius sp. (off Durban)[1]

• Picarel Spicara australis (Regan, 1921) (Known only from off Natal)[1]
• Windtoy Spicara axillaris (Boulanger, 1900) (Known only from Cape Town to Natal)[1]

• Threadfin butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 (Tropical Ind-Pacific south to Mossel Bay)[1][2]
• Brownburnie Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836 (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Bashee River)[1][2]
• Blackedged butterflyfish Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923 (East African coast south to Xora River)[1][2]
• Gorgeous gussie Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833 (Durban to Red Sea)[1][2]
• Whitespotted butterflyfish Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 (Red sea and Indian Ocean south to Coffee Bay)[1][2]
• Lined butterflyfish Chaetodon lineolatus Quoy and gaimard, 1831 (Red sea and Indian Ocean south to Durban)[1]
• Raccoon butterflyfish or Halfmoon butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802) (South Africa to Hawaii, Japan and Australia. South to East London)[1][2]
• Pearly butterflyfish Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923 (Indian Ocean south to Port Elizabeth)[1][2]
• Doublesash butterflyfish Chaetodon marleyii Regan, 1921 (Lamberts Bay to Maputo. Endemic)[1][2]
• Blackback butterflyfish Chaetodon melanotus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Red Sea south to Durban)[1]
• Maypole butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1][2]
• Rightangle butterflyfish Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 (Red Sea south to Tugela River)[1]
• Purple butterflyfish Chaetodon trifasciatus Mungo Park, 1797 (Indo-Pacific from Kosi Bay to Hawaii)[1]
• Limespot butterflyfish Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 (Indian Ocean south to Port Alfred)[1][2]
• Vagabond butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 (Red Sea south to Durban)[1][2]
• Yellowhead buttrflyfish Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1832 (Western Indian Ocean south to Durban)[1]
• Zanzibar butterflyfish Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867 (Zanzibar to Durban)[1]
• Longnose butterflyfish Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 (Red Sea to Durban)[1][2]
• Brushtooth butterflyfish Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett, 1831) (Western Indian Ocean south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Coachman Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Port Alfred to Mozambique)[2] (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Schooling coachman Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 (Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific south to Durban))[1][2]
• Masked coachman Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 (Indo-West Pacific south to Cape Vidal)[1][2]

• Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus,1758 (all tropical and subtropical waters to 35°S)[1]

• Galjoen Dichistius capensis (Cuvier, 1831) (Southern Angola to Sodwana Bay)[1][2] (syn. Coracinus capensis)
• Banded galjoen Dichistius multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914) (Port Alfred to Mozambique)[2] (Still Bay to Madagascar)[1] (syn. Coracinus multifaciatus)

• Cavebass Dinoperca petersi (Day, 1875) (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[1][2]

• Concertina-fish Drepane longimanus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to East London)

• Shark remora Echineis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Mozambique)[2] (all warm waters except eastern Pacific)[1]
• Slender remora Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791) (Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters)[1]
• Whale remora Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) (Worldwide, pelagic: found only on cetaceans)[1]
• Spearfish remora Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) (Worldwide, prefers billfishes)[1]
• Remora Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Worldwide, prefers sharks)[1]
• White remora Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Worldwide, prefers Manta rays)

• Southern rover Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus Richardson 1845 (occasionally take off western Cape coast)[1]
• Japanese rubyfish Erythrocles schlegelii (Richardson, 1846) (one specimen from off Durban)[1]
• Rubyfish Plagiogeneion rubiginosus (Hutton, 1875) (off Algoa Bay, off Vema Seamount)[1]

• Pencil cardinal Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (Walvis Bay to Cape Point)[1]
• Epigonus pandionus (Goode & Bean, 1881) (Gulf of Guinea to Agulhas Bank)[1]
• Epigonus robustus (Barnard, 1927) (off west coast of South Africa)[1]
• Telescope cardinal Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810) (Walvis Bay to Cape Town)[1]

• Threadfin pursemouth Gerres filamentosis Cuvier, 1829 (Indo-Pacific south to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Smallscale pursemouth Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801) (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[1][2](syn. Gerres acinaces)
• Oblong pursemouth Gerres oblongus Cuvier, 1830 (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Kosi Bay)[1]
• Slenderspine pursemouth Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Kosi Bay)[1]
• Evenfin pursemouth Gerres rappi (Barnard, 1927) (Algoa Bay to southern Mozambique)[1]

• Sailfin rubberlip Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) (Indo-West Pacific to south Natal)[1]
• Dusky rubberlip Plectorhinchus chubbi (Regan, 1919) (Transkei to Kenya and India)[1][2]
• Lemonfish Plectorhynchus flavomaculatus (Ehrenberg, 1830) (Transkei to Red Sea)[1]
• Blackspotted rubberlip Plectorhynchus gaterinus (Forsskål, 1775) (Natal to Red Sea)[1]
• Harry hotlips Plectorhynchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802) (Indo-West Pacific, south to Natal)[1]
• Barred rubberlip Plectorhynchus plagiodesmus Fowler, 1935 (Somalia to Madagascar and Natal)[1]
• Whitebarred rubberlip Plectorhinchus playfairi (Pellegrin, 1914) (Western Indian Ocean to Port St. Johns)[1][2]
• Minstrel Plectorhynchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Port St. Johns)[1]
• Redlip rubberlip Plectorhynchus sordidus (Klunzinger, 1870) (Red Sea to Transkei)[1]
• Spotted grunter Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801) (False Bay to India)[1][2]
• Grey grunter Pomadasys furcatum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Madagascar to Natal, rare south of Durban)[1]
• Javelin grunter Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830) (Indo-Pacific south to Transkei)[1][2]
• Saddle grunter Pomadasys maculatum (Bloch, 1797) (Indo-West Pacific south to Transkei)[1]
• Cock grunter Pomadasys multimaculatum (Playfair, 1866) (Algoa Bay to Zanzibar)[1]
• Pinky or Piggy Pomadasys olivaceus (Day, 1875) (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique)[2]
• Striped grunter Pomadasys striatus (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1908) (Knysna to Beira)[1][2]
• Lined piggy Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea to Natal)[1]

• Barred flagtail Kuhlia mugil (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)[4](Cape Agulhas to Indo-Pacific)[1][2]
• Rock flagtail Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802) (Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1]

• Grey chub Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 (Red Sea to Cape Point)[1][2]
• Blue chub Kyphosus cinerescens (Forsskål, 1775) (Read Sea to East London)[1]
• Brassy chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Indo-Pacific south to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Stonebream Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (False Bay to southern Mozambique)[1][2]

• Toothed soapy Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1797) (Indo-Pacific south to Port Alfred)[1]
• Slimy Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-Pacific south to East London)[1][2]
• Slender soapy Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787) (Indo-West Pacific south to East London)[1][2]
• Pugnose soapy Secutor ruconius (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) (Indo-West Pacific south to Transkei)[1]

• Glowfish Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802) (Indo-West Pacific to Durban)[1][2]
• Grey barenose Gymnocranius griseus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1][2]
• Rippled barenose Gymnocranius robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Yellowfin emperor Lethrinus crocineus (Smith, 1959) (Western Indian Ocean south to Natal)[1]
• Longnose emperor Lethrinus elongatus Valenciennes, 1830 (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Blackspot emperor Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Redspot emperor Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1][2]
• Sky emperor Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Snubnose emperor Lethrinus mahsenoides Valenciennes, 1830 (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Blue emperor Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific to Algoa Bay)[1][2]
• Orange striped emperor Lethrinus ramak (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific to Natal)[1]
• Spotcheek emperor Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978 (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Cutthroat emperor Lethrinus sanguineus Smith, 1955 (Western Indian Ocean south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Variegated emperor Lethrinus variegatus Ehrenberg, 1830 (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Bigeye barenose Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-Pacific south to Natal)[1][2]

• Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) (Cape St Francis northwards, all tropical and subtropical oceans)[1]

• Blue smalltooth job Aphareus furca (Forsskål, 1775) (Tropical Indo-Pacific to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Red smalltooth job Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, 1830 (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Kaakap or Green jobfish Aprion virescens Valenciennes, 1830 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[1][2]
• Ruby snapper Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 (Tropical/subtropical Indo-Pacific south to Bashee River)[1]
• River snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Red sea and tropical Indo-Pacific south to East London)[1][2]
• Twinspot snapper Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea and tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1][2]
• Blackspot snapper Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869) (Red Sea and tropical Indo-West pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Dory snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea and tropical Indo-West Pacific south to East London)[1]
• Yellow striped snapper Lutjanus fulvus (Schneider, 1801) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Bashee River)[1]
• Humpback snapper Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea and tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1][2]
• Bluebanded snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea and tropical Indo-West Pacific south to East London)[1][2]
• Sweetlip snapper Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Tropical Indian Ocean to Durban)[1]
• Bluestriped snapper Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828) (East African coast south to Durban)[1]
• Speckled snapper Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Russell's snapper Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
• Blood snapper Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828) (Western Indian Ocean south to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Emperor snapper Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Black beauty Macolor niger (Forsskål, 1775) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Sodwana Bay, 1 juvenile from Durban) [1]
• Yellowtail fuselier Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Rosy jobfish Pristipomoides filamentosus (Day, 1870) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to East London)[1]

• Ribbed tilefish Branchiostegus doliatus (Cuvier, 1830) (Durban to Maputo)[1]
• Spotted tilefish Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969 (Off Durban; Red sea)[1]
• Forktail tilefish Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (Günther, 1887) (Postlarvae collected off Cape Peninsula; India and Western Pacific)[1]
• Stripetail filefish Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Sodwana Bay. Postlarvae drift to near Port Alfred)[1]

• Moonfish Mena maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Tropical Indo Pacific south to Durban)[1]

• Natal moony Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red Sea to Cape Infanta)[1][2]
• Cape moony Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801 (Red Sea to False Bay)[1][2]

• Yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Red Sea to Knysna)[1](syn. Mulloides flavolineatus Lacepède, 1801)
• Flame goatfish or Yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Indo-West Pacific)[1][2](syn. Mulloides vanicolensis)
• Dash-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801) (Indo-West Pacific south to Mossel Bay)[1]
• Two-saddle goatfish Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Redspot goatfish Parupeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829) (Red Sea south to Transkei)[1]
• Goldsaddle goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801) (Red Sea to Durban)[1]
• Indian goatfish Parupeneus indicus Shaw, 1803 (Indo-West Pacific to Port Alfred)[1]
• Band dot goatfish Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède, 1801) (Red Sea to Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Blacksaddle goatfish Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801) (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique)[1][2]
• Blackstriped goatfish Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1846 (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Yellowbanded goatfish Upeneus vittatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea to East London)[1]

• Silverflash spinecheek Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch, 1792) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]

• Halfscaled jawfish Opistognathus margaretae Smith-Vaniz, 1983 (Natal to Shimoni, Kenya)[1]
• Robust jawfish Opistognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1887 (Durban to the Persian gulf)[1]
• Bridled jawfish Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830 (Natal to south China Sea)[1]

• Cape knifejaw Oplegnathus conwayi Richardson, 1840 (False Bay to Durban)[1][2]
• Natal knifejaw Oplegnathus robinsoni Regan, 1916 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[1][2]

• Jutjaw (Parascorpis typus) Bleeker, 1875 (Known only from False Bay to Maputo)[1]

• Slender sweeper Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Red Sea south to Transkei)[1]
• Dusky sweeper Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877 (Indo-West Pacific south to Transkei)[1][2]
• Black-stripe sweeper Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]

• Sailfin armourhead Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 (Cape Agulhas to Natal)[1]
• Cape armourhead Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829 (Port Nolloth to Southern Mozambique)[1]
• Pelagic armourhead Pseudopentaceros (Smith, 1844) (Cape Town to Natal)[1]

Subfamily: Acanthoclininae — Spiny basslets

• Scotty Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888) (Tropical Indian Ocean from India to Durban)[1]

Subfamily: Plesiopinae

• Spotted longfin Plesiops multisquamatus Inger, 1955 (Known only from Natal)[1]

• Indian threadfin Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Striped threadfin Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) (Red Sea to Knysna)[1]
• Sixfinger threadfin Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Indo-West Pacific south to Algoa Bay)[1]

• Wreckfish Polyprion americanus (Schneider, 1801) (Norway to South Africa)[1]

• Tiger angelfish Apolemichthys kingi Heemstra, 1984 (Only known from off Natal: Durban, Tongaat and Aliwal shoal)[1]
• Threespot angelfish Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Lacepède, 1831) (Indo-West Pacific to Natal)[1]
• Jumping bean Centropyge acanthops (Norman, 1922) (Port Elizabeth to Somalia)[1][2]
• Coral beauty Centropyge bispinosa (Günther, 1860) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana)[1]
• Dusky cherub Centropyge multispinis (Playfair, 1867) (Indo-West Pacific south to Natal)[1]
• Goldtail angelfish Pomacanthus chrysuris Cuvier, 1831 (Indo-West Pacific south to Aliwal Shoal)[1]
• Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Indo-West Pacific south to East London)[1][2]
• Old woman Pomacanthus rhomboides (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Red Sea to Knysna)[1][2] Previously known as Pomacanthus striatus Rüppell, 1836, but Rüppell's species is a synonym of P. maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)[5]
• Semicircle angelfish Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Indo-West Pacific to Port Elizabeth)[1][2]
• Royal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) (Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)

• Elf or Shad Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)(Namibia to Maputo)[1][2]

• Bulleye Cookeolus boops Schneider, 1801 (Algoa Bay to Beira)[1]
• Glass bigeye Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801) (East coast of Africa south to Durban)[1]
• Crescent-tail bigeye Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) (Knysna to Mozambique)[1][2]
• Japanese bigeye Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) (Indian Ocean south to Algoa Bay)[1]

Subfamily: Anisochrominae

Subfamily: Congrogadinae — Snakelets

• Snakelet Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 (Cape Columbine to Transkei)[2](False Bay to Coffee Bay)[1]
• Zulu snakelet Hilimuraena shakai Winterbottom, 1978 (Sodwana Bay)[1]
• Pencil snakelet Natalichthys leptus Winterbottom, 1980 (Natal, off Umhlangankulu River)[1]
• Natal snakelet Natalichthys ori Winterbottom, 1980 (Natal, off Umhlangankulu River)[1]
• Nail snakelet Natalichthys sam Winterbottom, 1980 (Natal, off Port Shepstone)[1]

Subfamily: Pseudochrominae

• Dutoiti Pseudochromis dutoiti Smith, 1955 (Durban to Persian gulf)[1]
• Dark dottyback Pseudochromis melas Lubbock, 1977 (1 specimen from Sodwana Bay, 2 from Kenya)[1]
• Natal dottyback Pseudochromis natalensis Regan, 1916 (Durban to Kenya)[1]
• Bicoloured dottyback Pseudochromis pesi Lubbock, 1975 (Sodwana Bay and Gulf of Aqaba)[1]
• Redlip dottyback Pseudochromis sp. (Kenya to Aliwal Shoal)[1]
• Lightheaded dottyback Pseudochromis tauberae Lubbock, 1977 (Sodwana Bay to Madagascar and Kenya)[1]

Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae

• Chlidichthys pembae Smith, 1954 (Tanzania, Ibo (Mozambique), Comoros and Sodwana Bay)[1]

• Prodigal son Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) (Warm waters of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, occasionally reaching False Bay) [1]

• Kob, Giant Kob or Kabeljou Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Namibia to Natal)[1][2] previously misidentified as Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801)[1]
• Squaretail kob Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977 (Algoa Bay to Tugela River)[1][2]
• Geelbek Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830) (Angola to northern KwaZulu-Natal)[1][2]
• Longfin Kob Atrobucca nibe (Jordan and Thompson, 1911) (Natal)[1]
• Bellfish Johnius amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Indo-West Pacific to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Small kob Johnius dussumieri (Cuvier, 1830) (East London to Singapore)[1][2]
• Snapper kob Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1][2]
• Baardman or Belman Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 (Morocco to the Cape of Good Hope through to Pakistan)[1][2]
• Slender baardman Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843 (KwaZulu-Natal)[1][2]

• Gnomefish Scombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782) (Cape of Good Hope to Delagoa Bay)[1]

Subfamily: Anthiniinae

• Harlequin goldie Anthias connelli Heemstra and Randall, 1986 (off Brighton Beach south of Durban Harbour)[1]
• Silver streak goldie Anthias cooperi Regan, 1902 (Natal coast and across Indian ocean to Japan and east coast of Australia)[1]
• Checked swallowtail Holanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828) (1 specimen off Durban, Mauritius, Reunion, Comores, Madagascar and Japan)[1]
• Gorgeous swallowtail Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925) (East London to Madagascar and Reunion) [1]
• Threadfin goldie Nemanthias carberryi Smith, 1954 (Western Indian ocean south to Natal)[1]
• Silverspots Plectranthias longimanus (Weber, 1913) (Natal to Kenya)[1]
• Flagfin Plectranthias morgansi (Smith, 1961) (Five specimens off Kenya and 3 off South Africa)[1]
• Redblotch basslet Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler, 1966) Western Indian ocean to Natal)[1]
• Sea goldie Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[1][2] (syn. Anthias squamipinnis)

Subfamily: Epinephelinae

• Goldribbon soapfish Aulacocephalus temminckii Bleeker, 1854 (Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Peacock rockcod Cephalophalis argus Schneider, 1801 (Durban to Red sea)[1]
• Golden rockcod Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828) (Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, east and southern Africa south to Durban)[1]
• Coral rockcod Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Red Sea)[1][2]
• Duskyfin rockcod Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indian Ocean south to Natal)[1]
• Tomato rockcod Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indian Ocean south to Durban)[1]
• Smooth rockcod Dermatolepis striolatus (Playfair 1867) (Durban to Oman)[1]
• White-edged rockcod Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903 (East London to southern Mozambique)[1]
• Catface rockcod Epinephelus andersoni Boulenger, 1903 (Mossel Bay to southern Mozambique)[1][2]
• Squaretail rockcod Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Natal to Red Sea)[1]
• Whitespotted rockcod Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch,1790) (Indian Ocean south to Natal)[1]
• Moustache rockcod Epinephelus chabaudi Castelnau, 1861 (Algoa Bay to Kenya)[1]
• Brownspotted rockcod Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes. 1828) (Natal to Red Sea)[1]
• Redbarred rockcod Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Port Alfred to Red Sea)[1]
• Bigspot rockcod Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indian Ocean to Natal)[1]
• Yellowtail rockcod Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802) (Port Alfred to Kenya)[1]
• Brindlebass Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Algoa Bay)[1]
• Streakyspot rockcod Epinephelus longispinis (Kner, 1865) (Indian ocean, Transkei to Indonesia)[1]
• Yellowbelly rockcod Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Namibia to Mozambique)[2] Formerly identified as Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]
• Speckled rockcod Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963 (Sodwana Bay, Mozambique, Mauritius and Reunion)[1]
• Malabar rockcod Epinephelus malabaricus (Schneider, 1801) (Transkei to Red Sea)[1]
• One-blotch rockcod Epinephelus melanostigma (Schultz, 1953) (Indian Ocean south to Durban)[1]
• Honeycomb rockcod Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 (Indo-West Pacific to Transkei)[1]
• Contour rockcod Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) (Durban to Red Sea)[1]
• Dot-dash rockcod Epinephalus poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (Port Alfred to Somalia)[1]
• Tiger rockcod Epinephelus posteli Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964 (Natal, Mozambique and Madagascar)[1]
• Oblique banded rockcod Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1867) (Natal, Mauritius, Reunion, south India, Chagos archipelago, east to southern Japan)[1]
• Halfmoon rockcod Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Algoa Bay to India)[1]
• Foursaddle rockcod Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953 (Natal to Kenya)[1]
• Orangespotted rockcod Epinephelus suillus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Natal to Persian Gulf)[1]
• Greasy rockcod Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea to Natal)[1]
• Potato bass Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 (Indo-West Pacific from Central KwaZulu-Natal to Japan and Australia)[1][2]
• Lyretail or Swallowtail rockcod Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[1][2]

Subfamily: Grammistinae — Soapfishes and Podges

• Blotched podge Aporops bilinearis Schultz, 1943 (Sodwana Bay to Kenya)[1] (syn. Aporops allfreei Smith, 1953)
• Arrowhead soapfish Belonoperca chabanaudi Fowler & Bean, 1930 (Central Pacific to east Africa, south to Natal)[1]
• Sixstripe soapfish Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792) (East London to Red Sea)[1][2]
• Honeycomb podge Pseudogramma polyacantha (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific south to Sodwana Bay)[1]

Subfamily: Liopropomatinae

Subfamily: Serraninae

• Koester Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) (Namibia to Mozambique)[1][2]
• Comber Serranus knysnaensis (Gilchrist 1904)[5] formerly identified as Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] (Endemic, False Bay to Durban)[5]

• Clubfoot sillago Sillago chondropus Bleeker, 1849 (Indo-West Pacific south to Durban)[1]
• Blotchy sillago Sillago maculatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 (China to South Africa)[1]
• Silver smelt or Silver sillago Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific south to Knysna)[1][2]

• River bream Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Knysna)[1][2]
• Two-bar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus(Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea to Natal)[1]
• Soldier bream Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Red Sea to Natal)[1]
• King soldierbream Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) (Tropical Indo-West Pacific south to Knysna))[1][2]
• Carpenter Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal)[1][2]
• Fransmadam Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal)[1][2]
• Santer Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830) (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]
• Englishman Chrysoblephus anglicus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[1][2]
• Dageraad Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Durban)[1][2]
• Red stumpnose or Miss Lucy Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to East London)[1][2]
• Roman Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to southern KwaZulu-Natal)[2](Cape to Mauritius)[1]
• False Englishman Chrysoblephus lophus (Fowler, 1925) (Transkei to Northern KwaZulu-Natal)[2](Natal)[1]
• Slinger Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Knysna to Mozambique)[1][2]
• White karanteen Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775) (Red Sea to East London)[1][2]
• Poenskop or Black musselcrackerCymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861) (Cape Columbine to Durban)[1][2]
• Blacktail Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844) (Angola to Madagascar)[1][2] (syn. Diplodus sargus capensis)
• Zebra Diplodus cervinus hottentotus (Smith, 1844) (Cape Point to Sodwana Bay)[1][2]
• Janbruin Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859 (Cape Point to Durban)[1][2]
• West coast steenbras Lithognathus aureti Smith, 1962 (West coast; Cape Town to Angola)[1][2]
• White steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) (Orange River to Durban)[1][2]
• Sand steenbras Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope and round to Mozambique)[1][2]
• Blue hottentot Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Cape Point to Sodwana Bay)[1][2]
• Hottentot Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830) (Angola to Cape Agulhas)[1][2]
• Bronze bream Pachymetopon grande Günther, 1859 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2](Cape to Madagascar)[1]
• Red tjor-tjor or Sand soldier Pagellus natalensis Steindachner, 1903 (Mossel Bay to Madagascar)[1][2](syn. Pagellus bellottii natalensis)
• Red steenbras Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Durban)[1][2]
• German Polyamblyodon germanum (Barnard, 1934) (East London to Maputo)[1][2]
• Christie Polyamblodon gibbosum (Pellegrin) (Natal to Beira)[1]
• Blueskin Polysteganus caeruleopunctatus Klunzinger, 1870 (Red Sea to Natal south coast)[1]
• Scotsman Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859) (Port Elizabeth to Beira)[1][2]
• Seventy-four Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908) (Port Elizabeth to Maputo)[2](Cape of Good Hope to Delagoa Bay)[1]
• Dane Porcostoma dentata (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2](Knysna to Beira)[1]
• Panga Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Transkei)[2](Cape to Beira)[1]
• White stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Namibia to East London)[2](Angola to Natal)[1]
• Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881) (Cape Agulhas to Maputo)[2](Cape to Natal)[1]
• Natal stumpnose Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2](Red sea to Knysna)[1]
• Bigeye stumpnose Rhabdosargus thorpei Smith, 1979 (Durban to southern Mozambique)[2]
• Strepie Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cape Columbine to Maputo)[2](Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic round South Africa to southern Mozambique)[1]
• Musselcracker Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861) (Cape Columbine to Durban)[1][2]
• Steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes, 1830) (Saldanha Bay to Durban)Spondyliosoma emarginatum[2]

• Trumpeter Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) (tropical Indo-Pacific south to Transkei)[1]
• Thornfish Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific to Knysna)[1][2]
• Straight lined thornfish Terapon Theraps (Cuvier, 1829) (Tropical Indo-Pacific south to Durban)[1]