rockcods (groupers) and seabasses Subfamily: Epinephelinae Yellowbelly rockcod, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Namibia to Mozambique) Formerly identified as Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus, 1758) Subfamily: Serraninae Koester, Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) (Namibia to Mozambique) Comber, Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 previously identified as serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Endemic, False Bay to Durban) Family: Sparidae – seabreams Carpenter, Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal) Fransmadam, Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal) Dageraad, Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Durban) Red stumpnose or Miss Lucy, Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to East London) Roman, Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to southern KwaZulu-Natal)(Cape to Mauritius) Poenskop or black musselcracker, Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861) (Cape Columbine to Durban) Blacktail, Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844) (Angola to Madagascar) (syn. Diplodus sargus capensis) Zebra, Diplodus cervinus hottentotus (Smith, 1844) (Cape Point to Sodwana Bay) Janbruin, Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859 (Cape Point to Durban) West coast steenbras, Lithognathus aureti Smith, 1962 (West coast; Cape Town to Angola) White steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) (Orange River to Durban) Sand steenbras, Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope and round to Mozambique) Blue hottentot, Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Cape Point to Sodwana Bay) Hottentot, Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830) (Angola to Cape Agulhas) Red steenbras, Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Durban) Panga, Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Transkei)(Cape to Beira) White stumpnose, Rhabdosargus globiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Namibia to East London)(Angola to Natal) Strepie, Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cape Columbine to Maputo)(Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic round South Africa to southern Mozambique) Musselcracker, Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861) (Cape Columbine to Durban) Steentjie, Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes, 1830) (Saldanha Bay to Durban) Suborder: Scombroidei Family: Gempylidae – snake mackerels Snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829 (Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, sometimes in temperate latitudes) Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1849) (Tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans) Sackfish, Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (All oceans near edge of continental shelf and islands) Oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1879 (Tropical and temperate parts of all oceans) Snoek, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) (Namibia to Port Elizabeth) Family: Istiophoridae – sailfish, spearfishes and marlins Black marlin, Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832) (Primarily Indo-Pacific to off Cape of Good Hope) Blue marlin, Makaira nigricans (Lacepèede, 1802) (Worldwide in all oceans) White marlin, Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1861 (Atlantic Ocean) Shortbill spearfish, Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1914