Family: Apistidae
- Bearded waspfish Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Natal northwards, coastal areas of Indo-West Pacific) [1]
Family: Aploactinidae — Velvetfishes
Family: Bembridae
Family: Congiopodidae — Horsefishes
Family: Hoplichthyidae — Spiny flatheads
Family: Peristediidae — Armoured gurnards
Family: Platycephalidae — Flatheads
- Crocodile flathead, Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829), recorded as syn. Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1812) (Durban northwards and from Red sea to Japan and Guadalcanal) [1] [5]
- Spotfin flathead Cociella sp. (East London north to Madagascar and Oman) [1]
- Thorny flathead, Sorsogona portuguesa (Smith, 1953), recorded as syn. Grammoplites portuguesus (Smith, 1953) (Durban to Beira) [1] [6]
- Large-scale flathead Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908) (three specimens known from Natal) [1]
- Madagascar flathead, tentacled flathead Papilloculiceps longiceps (Ehrenberg, 1829) (Widespread from Durban north to Red sea) [1]
- Bartail flathead, Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique) [7] (Widespread from Mossel bay northward to Red sea, and Japan and Australia) [1]
- Sand flathead, Sunagocia arenicola (Schultz, 1966), recorded as syn, Thysanophrys arenicola Schultz, 1966 (Natal north to Seychelles; Chagos archipelago; Indonesia, Australia, Philippines and Marshall Islands) [1] [8]
- Quarterspined flathead Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1854) (Durban north to Zanzibar) [1]
- Longsnout flathead Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, 1966 (Red sea and Indo-West Pacific from northern Natal to Australia) [1]
- Fringelip flathead, Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829), recorded as syn. Thysanophrys otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829) (Natal north to Seychelles, and throughout tropical Indo-Pacific). [1] [9]
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Caracanthinae — Coral crouchers
Subfamily: Choradactylinae
Subfamily: Minoinae
- Onestick stingfish Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890 (Durban, northwards; also in Red sea, Arabian sea and eastwards to gulf of Thailand) [1]
Subfamily: Pteroinae
- Shortfin turkeyfish Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) (Transkei north to Red sea and east to central Pacific) [1]
- Zebra turkeyfish Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829) (off Durban; northwards to Red sea and eastwards to central Pacific) [1]
- Blackfoot firefish Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856) (Natal and northwards across Indian ocean to western Pacific) [1]
- Broadbarred firefish Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) (KwaZulu-Natal northwards and to central Pacific) [1] [7]
- Devil Firefish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Port Elizabeth northwards) [7] (Port Alfred northwards to Red sea and eastern Indian ocean) [1]
- Deepwater firefish Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) (off Durban, Sri Lanka and New Guinea) [1]
- Radial firefish, clearfin lionfish, Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) [7] (Sodwana Bay northwards and to central Pacific) [1]
- Plaintail firefish Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (Kwa-Zulu-Natal northward and to western Pacific) [1] [7]
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
- Decoy scorpionfish Iracundus signifer Jordan and Evermann, 1903 (one taken off Sodwana Bay) [1]
- Spotfin scorpionfish, Neoscorpaena nielseni (Smith, 1964), recorded as syn. Neomerinthe nielseni (Smith, 1964) (several specimens from off Durban) [1] [10]
- Ocellated scorpionfish Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) (Sodwana Bay, Zululand, and Mozambique to Pacific) [1]
- Golden scorpionfish Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) (Xora and Sodwana Bay northwards, east Africa to central Pacific) [1]
- Phenacoscorpius adenensis Norman, 1939 (near Buffalo River) [1]
- Speckled deepwater scorpionfish Pontinus leda Eschmeyer, 1969 (off west coast from gulf of Guinea to 18°45'S) [1]
- Blacklash scorpionfish Pontinus nigerimum Eschmeyer, 1983 (one specimen off Natal) [1]
- Popeyed scorpionfish Rhinopias frondosa (Günther, 1891) (Durban north along African coast and east to Japan and Caroline Islands) [1] [7]
- Bigscale scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa bay to Natal) [1]
- Guam scorpionfish Scorpaenodes guamensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 (Transkei northwards and throughout Indo-West Pacific) [1]
- Hairy scorpionfish Scorpaenodes hirsutus (Smith, 1957) (Sodwana Bay northwards, scattered localities in Indo-West Pacific to Hawaii and Tahiti) [1]
- Dwarf scorpionfish Scorpaenodes kelloggi (Jenkins, 1903) (Sodwana bay and scattered localities in Indo-Pacific, east to Hawaii and Tahiti) [1]
- Cheekspot scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes evides (Jordan & Thompson, 1914), recorded as syn. Scorpaenodes littoralis (Tanaka, 1917) (a few specimens from deep reefs off Natal; also scattered localities in Indo-West Pacific) [1] [11]
- Coral scorpionfish Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Garrett, 1863) (Durban northwards; widespread on coral reefs throughout Indo-West Pacific) [1]
- Blotchfin scorpionfish Scorpaenodes varipinnis Smith, 1957 (Sodwana bay and northwards in western Indian Ocean) [1]
- Bigmouth scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis brevifrons Eschmeyer and Randall, 1975 (Sodwana bay northward; also at scattered localities in the Indo-Pacific) [1]
- False stonefish Scorpaenopsis diabolus Cuvier, 1829 (Xora northwards, widespread in Indo-West Pacific.) [1]
- Humpbacked scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis gibbosa Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Transkei northwards, Indian Ocean and Red sea) [1]
- Gilchrist's scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis gilchristi (Smith, 1957) (1 specimen off Tugela river) [1]
- Smallscale scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus Bleeker, 1849 (Sodwana Bay and scattered localities in the Indo-Pacific) [1]
- Spinycrown scorpionfish, Poss's scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001, (Sodwana Bay northwards, throughout Indo-Pacific)) [12]
- Raggy scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) (Durban northwards and scattered localities in Indo-Pacific) [1] [7]
- Yellowspotted scorpionfish Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856) (Port Alfred northwards to Red sea and east to central Pacific) [1]
- Spineblotch scorpionfish Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829) (Transkei northwards, scattered Indo-Pacific localities) [1]
- Barchin scorpionfish Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) (Transkei northwards, widespread in Indo-Pacific) [1]
- Darkspotted scorpionfish Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler, 1946) (Sodwana bay, western and south Pacific) [1]
- Paperfish ir Leaf scorpionfish Taenianotus triacanthus Lacépède, 1802 (Durban northwards and to central Pacific) [1]
Family: Sebastidae
Family: Setarchidae
Family: Synanceiidae — Stonefish
Family: Tetrarogidae — Waspfishes
Family: Triglidae — Gurnards
- Cape gurnard, Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829) (Cape Fria to Maputo) [1] [7]
- Bluefin gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu (Cuvier, 1829) [14] (Cape Point to Delagoa Bay) [1] [7]
- African gurnard, streaked gurnard, Chelidonichthys lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788), recorded as syn. Trigloporus lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788) and Trigloporus lastoviza africanus (Smith, 1934), (St. Sebastian Bay to Port Alfred) [1] [15]
- Lesser gurnard, Chelidonichthys queketti (Regan, 1904) (Table bay to Natal) [1]
- Prickly gurnard Lepidotrigla faurei (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1914) (Durban northwards to India) [1]
- Spiny gurnard Lepidotrigla multispinosa Smith, 1934 (Natal to Kenya) [1]
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