ferox Lowe, 1833 (Walvis Bay to Sodwana Bay; in all major oceans) Family Bathysauropsidae Bathysauropsis gracilis (Günther, 1878) (off Cape Point; circumglobal in southern oceans) Family Chlorophthalmidae – greeneyes Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904 (both coasts of South Africa) Family Evermannellidae – sabretooth fishes Coccorella atlantica (Parr, 1928) (central water areas of all 3 major oceans; off western and south-western Cape coast, 1 specimen from 31°34'S, 30°09'E) Family Ipnopidae Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906 (off Cape Point) Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928 (off Cape Point) Ipnops agassizii Garman, 1899 (off Cape Point) Family Notosudidae – notosudids Scopelosaurus ahlstromi Bertelsen, Krefft and Marshall, 1976 (all 3 oceans from about 32° to 45°S) Scopelosaurus hamiltoni (Waite, 1916) (southern oceans from about 30° to 60°S) Scopelosaurus herwigi Bertelson, Kreft and Marshall, 1976 (slope areas of Southern Africa) Scopelosaurus meadi Bertelson, Krefft and Marshall, 1976 (from about 19° to 43°S) Family Paralepididae – barracudinas Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) (worldwide in tropical to temperate waters) Macroparalepis affinis Ege, 1933 (anti-tropical in Atlantic Ocean) Magnisudis prionosa (Rofen, 1963) (circumglobal in southern oceans from 20°S to Antarctic) Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840) (syn, Notolepis rissoi) (worldwide in temperate and tropical waters) Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810 (Atlantic Ocean from 50°N to South Africa) Family Scopelarchidae – pearleyes Benthalbella infans Zugmayer, 1911 (off south-western Cape; tropical/subtropical in all 3 major oceans) Benthalbella macropinna Bussing and Bussing, 1966 (off south-western Cape coast; circumpolar in subantarctic and Antarctic waters) Scopelarchus analis (Brauer, 1902) (common off southern Africa; tropical/subtropical all oceans) Order Batrachoidiformes Family Batrachoididae – toadfishes Snakehead toadfish, Batrichthys apiatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Saldanha Bay to Umtata River, Transkei) Pleated toadfish, Chatrabus felinus (Smith, 1952). syn. Batrichthys felinus (Cape to Port Alfred) Order Beloniformes Family Exocoetidae – flyingfishes Smallhead flyingfish, Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus altipinnis (Valenciennes, 1846) (Cape to Kosi Bay)) Subtropical flyingfish, Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1846) (widely distributed in subtropical waters of all oceans, common off the Cape) Mirrorwing flyingfish, Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1846) (worldwide in tropical waters, one juvenile from Mbibi, Zululand, another from False Bay) Family Hemiramphidae – halfbeaks Ribbon halfbeak, Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823) (reported from Table Bay, also known from Algoa Bay and Kei River mouth, tropical and temperate waters of Indo-Pacific)) Cape halfbeak, Hyporhamphus capensis (Thominot, 1886) (False Bay to southern Mozambique)) Family Belonidae – needlefishes Cape needlefish, Petalichthys capensis Regan, 1904 (False Bay to Pondoland) Family Scomberesocidae – sauries Dwarf saury, Nanichthys simulans Hubbs and Wisner, 1980 (off the Cape