Pacific and Indian Oceans) Blue fathead, Cubiceps caeruleus Regan, 1914 (Southern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans) Cape fathead, Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845) (Probably circumglobal in southern hemisphere) Longfin fathead, Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) Bluebottle fish, Nomeus gronovi Gmelin, 1789 (Circumglobal in warm waters) Banded driftfish, Psenes arafurensis Günther, 1889 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean) Freckled driftfish, Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1883 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) Silver driftfish, Psenes maculatus Lütken, 1880 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) Blackrag, Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) Shadow driftfish, Psenes whiteleggi Waite, 1894 (Indian Ocean and Australia) Family: Ariommatidae Indian driftfish, Ariomma indica (Day, 1870) (Mossel Bay eastwards to Southern Japan) Family: Tetragonuridae – Squaretails Bigeye squaretail, Tetragonuris atlanticus Lowe, 1839 (Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans) Family: Stromateidae Blue butterfish, Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean round the Cape to Natal) Suborder: Trachinoidei Family: Ammodytidae – Sandlances Cape sandlance, Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927) (Angola to Delagoa Bay) Family: Champsodontidae – Gapers Gaper, Champsodon capensis (Regan, 1908) (Cape of Good Hope to Durban) Family: Chiasmodontidae – Swallowers Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1863 (Tropical/subtropical in the three major oceans) Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929) (Tropical/subtropical in the three major oceans, taken off Cape Town and Natal) Family: Uranoscopidae – Stargazers Spotted stargazer, Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis Barnard, 1927 (off Table Bay and Algoa Bay) Suborder: Zoarcoidei Family: Zoarcidae – Eelpouts Lycodes agulhensis Andriashev, 1959 (Cap Blanc, Mauretania to Agulhas Bank) Lycodonus vermiformis Barnard, 1927 (off Cape Point) Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881 (off Cape Town) Order Saccopharyngiformes Family Cyematidae – arrow eels Cyema atrum Günther, 1878 (Off southwest coast) Bobtail snipe eel, Neocyema erythrosoma Castle, 1978 (west of Cape Town) Order Scorpaeniformes Suborder: Cottoidei Family: Psychrolutidae – fatheads Cottunculus spinosus, Gilchrist, 1906 (off Cape Point) Family: Liparidae – snailfishes Careproctus albescens Barnard, 1927 (off Cape Point) Paraliparis australis Gilchrist, 1904 (off Cape Point) Paraliparis copei Goode & Bean, 1896 (Northwest Atlantic, Azores and South Africa. off Cape Point) Paraliparis micruris (Barnard, 1927) (Cape of Good Hope, southern Indian Ocean and South Pacific) Suborder: Scorpaenoidei Family: Congiopodidae – horsefishes Spinenose horsefish, Congiopodus spinifer (Smith, 1839) (Walvis Bay to Natal) Smooth horsefish, Congiopodus torvus (Gronovius, 1772) (Namibia to Pondoland)(Walvis Bay to KZN) Family: Scorpaenidae Bigscale scorpionfish, Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Natal)(False Bay to KZN) Family: Sebastidae Jacopever, Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) (Walvis Bay to Natal) False jacopever, Sebastes capensis (Gmelin, 1788)