CATEGORY 5 (of 5)
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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:
Category 5
Fishes that do not depend on estuaries at all: their juveniles will
only occasionally stray into estuaries.
- Super Klipfish -Clinus sperciliosus
- Conger Eel -Conger wilsoni
- Galjoen -Coracinus capensis
- Blue Stingray -Dasyafis pastinacus
- Zebra -Diplodus cervinus
- Porcupine Fish -Diodon hystrix
- Cape Anchovy -Engraulis capensis
- Backwater Butterfly Ray -Gymnura natalensis
- Sand Steenbras -Lithognathus mormyrus
- Eagle Ray -Myliobatis aquila
- Ragged Tooth Shark -Odontaspis tdurus'
- Varkie -Pomadasys olivaceum
- Striped Catshark -Poroderma africanum
- Lesser Guitarfish -Rhinobatus annulatus
- South African Pilchard -Sardinops ocellatus
- Hammerhead Shark Hamerkop -Sphyrna zygaena
- Steentjie -Spondyliosoma emarginatum
- Lace Sole -Synaptura kleini
- Black Spotted Electric Ray -Torpedo fuscomaculata
- Painted Lizard Fish -Trachinocephalus myops
- Bluefin Gurnard -Trigia kumu
- Baardman -Umbrina capensis
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