and Prince Edward Island; also off New Zealand and southwestern Australia) Softhead grenadier, softhead rat-tail, Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843) (off South Africa; widespread in Atlantic and Indian oceans) Nezumia brevibarbata (Barnard, 1925) (Cape Point; known only off the Cape, where it is common) Kuronezumia leonis (Barnard, 1925), sun. Nezumia leonis (off Cape Point, Namibia, southwestern Atlantic)Bailly, N. (2013). Kuronezumia leonis (Barnard, 1925). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2013-04-27 Roughsnout grenadier, roughsnout rat-tail, Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Namibia, west coast of South Africa; eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean sea) Family Melanonidae – melanonids Pelagic cod, Melanonus gracilis Günther, 1878 (circum-Antarctic south of Subtropical convergence; off Cape Peninsula) Family Merlucciidae – hakes Lyconodes argenteus (Gilchrist, 1922) (west of Cape of Good Hope) Cape hake, shallow water hake, stockfish, South African whiting, Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 (Namibia to East London) Deep water hake, deep-water Cape hake, Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 (Cape Frio to East London) Family Moridae – deepsea cods Blackcod, blue antimora, blue hake, Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878) (locally abundant, found in most oceans) Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906), syn. Laemonema globiceps (off south-western Cape coast) Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922 (Cape to East London) Physiculus capensis Gilchrist, 1922 (Cape Peninsula to East London) Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902 (upper slope off the Cape and Durban) Order Gonorynchiformes Family Gonorynchidae – beaked sandfish Beaked sandfish, Gonorynchus gonorynchus (Linnaeus 1766) (Cape of Good Hope) Order Lampriformes Family Lampridae – opahs Spotted opah, Jerusalem haddock, moonfish, Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) (all oceans but not in polar waters, occurs throughout South African waters, usually well offshore) Southern opah, Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904 (circumglobal south of 30°S) Family Lophotidae – crestfishes Unicorn crestfish, Eumecichthys fiski (Günther, 1890) (1 specimen, Kalk Bay in False Bay) Crestfish, Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 (Cape to Plettenberg Bay, rare but widely distributed in all oceans) Family Radiicephalidae – tapertails Tapertail, Radiicephalus elongatus Osorio, 1917 (70 miles SW of Cape Point) Family Regalecidae – oarfishes Streamer fish, Agrostichthys parkeri (Benham 1904) (southeast Atlantic, New Zealand and Tasmania) Oarfish, Regalescus glesne Ascanius, 1772 (worldwide distribution) Family Trachipteridae – ribbonfishes Polka-dot ribbonfish, Desmodema polysticum (Ogilby, 1897) (1 juvenile washed ashore at Xora river and 1 found at Simon's Town, False Bay) Blacktail ribbonfish, Trachipterus jacksonensis (Ramsay, 1881) (East London and off Cape Town) Peregrine ribbonfish, Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789) (off Table Bay) Taper tail ribbonfish,