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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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Blaasop

Kob

Blacktail

Spotted HalfBeak

Southern Mullet

Bartail Flathead

Shad

White Stumpnose

Strepie

Galjoen

Blue Stingray

Zebra

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