Delagoa Bay, Indo-West Pacific) Family Soleidae – soles Cape sole, Heteromycteris capensis (Both sides of Cape Peninsula) Lace sole, Synapturichthys kleini (Both sides of the Cape Peninsula) Lemon sole, Barnardichthys fulvomarginata syn. Solea fulvomarginata (False Bay and eastwards) Reptiles Vagrant turtles Birds Class Aves – birds Order Charadriiformes Family: Haematopodidae African oystercatcher, Haemotopus moquini (Bonaparte, 1856) (Lüderitz, Namibia to Mazeppa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa) Order Sphenisciformes – Penguins Family: Spheniscidae Jackass penguin or African penguin, Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus 1758),(Namibia to Algoa Bay) Order Suliformes Family Sulidae – gannets and boobies Cape gannet, Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823), (Breeding: three islands off Namibia and three islands off South Africa. Otherwise: coastal waters off the Gulf of Guinea to Mozambique) Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants Crowned cormorant, Microcarbo coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855), (Swakopmund to Cape Agulhas) Cape cormorant, Phalacrocorax capensis Sparrman, 1788, (Breeding: Namibia to southern Cape Province, Otherwise: Mouth of the Congo to Mozambique) Bank cormorant, Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855), (Namibia and the west coast of South Africa) others? Mammals Order Carnivora Suborder Pinnipedia – seals Family Otariidae – eared seals South African fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) (Northern Namibia to Port Elizabeth, subspecies endemic) Family Phocidae – true seals Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758 (Antarctica, occasionally washed north by storms) Family Mustelidae – weasels and others Subfamily Lutrinae – otters Cape clawless otter, Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) (most of Africa with access to fresh water) Order Cetacea Suborder Mysticeti Family Balaenidae – right whales Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis Desmoulins, 1822 (pelagic, Southern Ocean, winters along the South African coast from central Namibia to southern Mozambique ) Family Balaenopteridae, – rorquals Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 (pelagic open ocean, migrating from Antarctic waters to tropical waters in winter) Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 (globally in tropics and sub-tropics) Suborder Odontoceti – toothed whales Superfamily Delphinoidea Family Delphinidae – oceanic dolphins Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 (warm-temperate and tropical waters) Bottlenosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821 (pelagic open ocean though not polar seas) Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus Gray, 1828 (Namibian coast to the Cape Peninsula) Killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 (pelagic, all oceans) Geographical position of places mentioned in species ranges Agulhas Bank, Western Cape Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, Bashee River, Eastern Cape Beira, Mozambique Blaauwberg, Western Cape, Cape Agulhas, Western Cape, Cape Columbine, Western Cape, Cape Frio, Namibia, Cape of Good Hope,