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SOME FISHES OF THE KNYSNA LAGOON

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Required Reading - Fishing Rules In The Area

- You are not allowed to use artifical breathing apparatus (except a snake) while spearfishing.

- You may not catch or attempt to catch fish using a gaff, spear, club, flail, stick, stone or simular instruments.

- No cast nets may be used between sunset and sunrise.

-You may not disturb, be in possession of, catch or kill a dolphin

- No person may approach closer than 300m a whale or disturb, attempt to catch or kill a whale at any time.

- You may not kill, catch, or atempt to do either, any great white shark.

- You may not damage, uproot, collect or land any coral, live pansy shells or sea-fans. Coral, pansy shells or sea-fans washed up on the shore may be collected.

 

The Knysna Lagoon (or the Knysna Estuary) is home to more than 200 species of fish which can be categorised according to how much they depend on estuaries during their life cycles:

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Category 1

Fishes that live their entire lives in estuaries:

  • Estuarine Round Herring Rivier-rondeharing -Gilchristella aestuaria
  • Knysna Seahorse Knysna seeperdjie -Hippocampus capensis
  • Knysna Sand Goby Knysna sanddikkop -Psammogobius knysnaensis
  • Barehead Goby -Gobius nudiceps

Category 2

Fishes that depend on estuaries during the juvenile phase of their life-cycles:

  • Eel Anguilla mossambica
  • Ten Pounder Tien-ponder, Springer -Elops machnata
  • Knysna Halfbeak Knysna halfbek -Hyporhamphus knysnaensis
  • Garrick Leervis -Lichia amia
  • White Steenbras Witsteenbras -Lithognathus lithognathus
  • Cape Moony Kaapse Maanvis -Monodactylus falciformis
  • Flathead Mullet Platkopharder -Mugil cephalus
  • Freshwater Mullet Varswaterharder -Myxus capensis
  • Spotted Grunter Spikkel knorder -Pomadasys commersonni
  • Cape Stumpnose Kaapse Stompneus -Rhabdosargus holubi
  • Natal Stumpnose Natalse Stompneus -Rhabdosargus sarba
  • Checked Goby -Stigmatogobius dewaali
  • Thornfish Doringvis -Terapon jarbua

Category 3

Fishes that usually spend their juvenile phases in estuaries, although they may be found at sea:

  • Cape Sole Kaapse Tongvis -Heteromycteris capensis
  • Cape Silverside Kaapse Spierinkie -Hepsetia breviceps
  • Striped Mullet Streep-harder -Liza tricuspidens
  • Serpent Eel Sandslangetjie -Ophisurus serpens
  • Sand Sole Swarthand tongvis -Solea bleekeri

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Estuarine Round Herring

Ten Pounder

Garrick

Knysna Seahorse

White Steenbras

Cape Moony

Flathead Mullet

Spotted Grunter

Cape Stumpnose

Natal Stumpnose

Thornfish

Striped Mullet

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