CATEGORY 4 (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 4
Fishes that usually spend their juvenile phases at sea, although they
may be found in estuaries.
- Blaasop Blaasop -Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
- Kob Kabeljou -Argyrosomus hololepidotus
- Blacktail Dassie -Diplodus sargus
- Sea Barbel Seebarber -Galeichthus feliceps
- Spotted Halfbeak Gevlekde Halfbek -Hemiramphus
far
- Southern Mullet Suidelike Harder -Liza richardsoni
- Baretail Flathead Balkstert Platkop -Platycephalus
indicus
- Shad Elf -Pomatomus saltatrix
- White Stumpnose Witstompneus -Rhabdosargus glohiceps
- Strepie Strepie -Sarpa salpa
- Knysna Rockcod -Serranus knysnaensis
- Longnose Pipefish Langneus pypvis -Syngnathus
acus
- Bellybarred Pipefish -Syngnathus spicifer
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