southern Mozambique) Longnose spiny dogfish, Squalus mitsukurii Jordan and Fowler, 1903 (Orange river to Beira) Holocephali – chimaeras Order Chimaeriformes Family Callorhinchidae – elephantfish St Joseph shark or elephant fish, Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865 (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) Family Chimaeridae – chimaeras Cape chimaera, Chimaera sp. (Luderitz to Cape Point) Family Rhinochimaeridae – longnose chimaeras Harriotta raleighana Goode and Bean, 1895 (off Western Cape) Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehman and Ebert, 1990 (west coast off Doring Bay and Cape Columbine, Natal coast off Kosi Bay) Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt and Byrne, 1909 (Namibia to Plettenberg Bay) Class Actinopterygii – ray finned fishes Order Anguilliformes – eels Family Anguillidae – freshwater eels Madagascar mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 (Western Cape to Kenya) Longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) (most waters from the Cape northwards) Family Congridae – conger eels Hairy conger, Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) (Cape Point) Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888) (off Cape Point) Cape conger, Conger wilsoni (Bloch and Schneider 1801) (Cape to southern Mozambique) Southern conger, Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) (False Bay to Plettenberg Bay) Strap conger, Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848) (southern Cape to East London) Family Derichthyidae – longneck eels Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884 (west of Cape Town; worldwide) Duckbill oceanic eel, spoonbill eel, Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (Schmidt, 1912) (off the Cape, also worldwide) Family Nemichthyidae – snipe eels Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) (offshore Cape to Natal) Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (off the Cape) Slender snipe-eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Richardson, 1848) (off the Cape to Natal) Family: Nettastomatidae – witch eels Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888) (off the Cape) Family Ophichthidae – snake-eels and worm-eels Slender snake-eel, Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917. syn. Ophichthus bennettai (Cape Province west coast) Family Serrivomeridae – sawtooth eels Stout sawpalate, Serrivomer beanii Gill and Ryder, 1883 (off Cape and Natal) Family Synaphobranchidae – cutthroat eels Basketwork eel, Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 (off Cape Point) Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1892 (off the Cape) Snubnose eel, Simenchelys parasitica Gill, 1879 (off the Cape) Northern cutthroat eel, slatjaw cutthroat eel, Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862 (off the Cape) Order Ateleopodiformes Family Ateleopodidae – tadpole fishes Ateleopus natalensis Regan, 1921 (Cape to Red Sea) Guentherus altivela Osorio, 1917 (West coast of Africa from Cabo Blanco to the Cape) Ijimaia loppei Roule, 1922 (Morocco to Cape Peninsula) Order Atheriniformes Family Atherinidae – silversides Cape silverside, Atherina breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 (Luderitz to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Order Aulopiformes Family Alepisauridae – lancetfishes Longsnout lancetfish, Alepisaurus