List of marine animals of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay

Astronaut photo of Cape Town showing the Cape Peninsula, and surrounding waters, including False Bay.

Map showing approximate extent of the range of the article and identifying key locations and the borders of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area

Marine ecoregions of the South African exclusive economic zone

Marine species distribution reference map of the Southern African coastline, showing key range locations

The list of marine animals of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay is a list of marine and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of South Africa and that have been recorded ffrom this geographical range. In some cases they are an important part of the ecological community, and others may have been passing through, or were carried out of their natural ranges by the vagaries of ocean currents or winds. Some of the animals are deep within their range of endemicity, or near its borders, while others are cosmopolitan or recently arrived aliens. This list includes animals which live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea, or rely on the sea or intertidal shore for the major part of their diet.

The geographical range is from Bloubergstrand at the north of Table Bay to Cape Hangklip, the south eastern limit of False Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa and includes the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area (TMNP MPA), ^[1] the Helderberg Marine Protected Area, and part of the Robben Island Marine Protected Area.

Most of the shore is within the City of Cape Town, except for a section of the east coast of False Bay, south of Kogel Bay, which is in the Overstrand Local Municipality

The region is near to several universities and research institutions in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, which has led to many studies of the organisms and of the marine ecology, particularly those organisms that are easily or incidentally collected. The popularity of these waters for recreational diving has led to an increase in reported underwater photographic observations in recent years. ^[2]

Sponges

Main article: Porifera

Calcarea – lime sponges

Main article: Calcarea

Order Leucosolenida

Family Sycettidae

• Hairy tube sponge, Sycon spp. (Saldanha Bay to Kosi Bay) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Leucosoleniidae

• Branching ball sponge, Leucosolenia sp. (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [4]}
• Tube sponge, Leucosolenia sp. (Port Nolloth to Sodwana Bay) ^[3]

Demospongiae – fibre or horny sponges

Main article: Demospongiae

Order Astrophorida

Family Ancorinidae

• Grey wall sponge, Stelletta agulhana Lendenfield, 1907 (Northern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[5] [4]}

Order Hadromerida

Family Clionaidae

• Rosetted sponge, Cliona aff. celata (Namibia to Cape Peninsula) ^[5]
• Boring sponge, Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (Lüderitz to Durban) ^[6]

Family Polymastiidae

• Teat-sponge, Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (dubious), (Saldanha Bay to Port St. Johns) ^[6] possibly Polymastia littoralis Stephens, 1915. ^{[4] [7]}
• Atlantic teat-sponge, Polymastia atlantica Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Lüderitz to Cape Peninsula) ^{[6] [4]}

Family Trachycladidae

• Orange wall sponge, vented sponge, Trachycladus spinispirulifer (Carter, 1879) (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [8] [4]}

Family Suberitidae

• Dusty sponge, Suberites aff. ficus (both side of the Cape Peninsula, also southern Namibia, Mediterranean, Pacific and north Atlantic) ^{[5] [4]}

Family Tethyidae

• Golf ball sponge, Tethya aurantium (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}

Order Halichondrida

Family Halichondriidae

• Crumb-of-bread sponge, Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818) (Northern Cape to Port St. Johns, also north Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Pacific) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Poecilosclerida

Family Chondropsidae

• Scroll sponge, Chondropsis sp. (Olifants River to Cape Peninsula) ^{[6] [4]}

Family Crambeidae

• Stellar sponge, Crambe acuata (Lévi, 1958) syn. Crambe chelastra (Lüderitz to Cape Peninsula) ^{[6] [4]}

Family Latrunculiidae

• Green moon sponge, Latrunculia lunaviridis Samaai and Kelly 2004, (Oudekraal to Cape Point) ^[9]
• Vented sponge, Latrunculia (Biannulata) spinispiraefera Brøndsted, 1924 (Angola to Durban) ^[6]
• Tsitsikamma scurra Samaai and Kelly 2004, (Hout Bay) ^[9]

Family Isodictyidae

• Brain sponge, Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880) (West Coast to Port Elizabeth) ^[5] (Lüderitz to Cape Point) ^[6]
• Flat leaf sponge, Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (West Coast to False Bay) ^{[5] [4]}
• Fanned kelp sponge, Isodictya frondosa (Lévi, 1963) (Orange river to Cape Point) ^[6]

Family Microcionidae

• Broad-bladed tree sponge, Clathria (Clathria) dayi Levi, 1963 (West Coast to the Cape Peninsula) ^{[5] [4]}
• Red encrusting sponge, Clathria (Isociella) oudekraalensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Cape Peninsula) ^{[5] [4]}
• Nodular sponge, Clathria (Thalysias) hooperi Samaai & Gibbons, 2005, also recorded as Clathria hooperi Samaai & Gibbons, 2005, (Cape Peninsula) ^{[6] [4]}
• Tree sponge, Echinoclathria dichotoma (Levi, 1963) (West Coast to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [5] [4]}

Family Desmacellidae

• Yellow encrusting sponge, Biemna anisotoxa Levi, 1963 (West Coast to Port Elizabeth) ^{[5] [4]}

Order Haplosclerida

Family Chalinidae

• Turret sponge, Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma (Stephens, 1915) (Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay) ^{[5] [4]}
• Encrusting turret sponge, Haliclona (Haliclona) stilensis Burton, 1933 (West and South Coasts) ^{[5] [4]}

Order Dictyoceratida

Family Irciniidae

• Black stink sponge, Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877) (syn. Sarcotragus australis) (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas, also Australia) ^[6] Note: Ircinia arbuscula (Lendenfeld, 1888) is syn. of Sarcotragus australis (Lendenfeld, 1888), so this needs to be clarified.
• Sand cup sponge, Psammocinia cf. arenosa (Orange River to Cape Peninsula) ^[6]

Cnidarians

Main article: Cnidaria

Anthozoa

Main article: Anthozoa

Hexacorallians

Main article: Hexacorallia

Order: Actiniaria – Anemones

Family Actiniidae

• Plum anemone, Actinia ebhayiensis Schama, Mitchell & Solé-Cava, 2011. (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [10]} Recorded as Plum anemone Actinia mandelae from about Lüderitz to Durban ^[6]
• Violet-spotted anemone, Anthostella stephensoni Carlgren, 1938 (Lüderitz to Richards Bay, endemic) ^[3]
• Anthopleura insignis Carlgren, 1940, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [11]}
• Long-tentacled anemone, Anthopleura michaelseni (Pax, 1920) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}
• Dwarf-spotted anemone, Anthostella n. sp. (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth, possibly endemic) (still being described)
• Sandy anemone, Bunodactis reynaudi (Milne-Edwards, 1857) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^[3] (syn. Aulactinia reynaudi) ^{[12] [4]}
• Knobbly anemone, Bunodosoma capense also recorded as Bunodosoma capensis (Lesson, 1830) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}
• Spinnaker anemone, candy-striped anemone, Korsaranthus natalensis (Carlgren, 1938) (False Bay to Durban) ^{[13] [4]}
• False plum anemone, Pseudactinia flagellifera (Drayton in Dana, 1846) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}
• Clown anemone undescribed (False Bay) ^[14]

Family Halcampidae

• Brooding anemone, Halianthella annularis Carlgren, 1938 (Lamberts Bay to Cape Agulhas, endemic) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Haloclavidae

• Burrowing anemone, Haloclava capensis (Verrill, 1865), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [15]} (Table Bay to Cape Agulhas) ^[6]

Family Hormathiidae

• Symbiotic anemone, Calliactis polypus (Forsskål, 1775), (TMNP MPA). ^[4] (Natal) ^[6]

Family Sagartiidae

• Striped anemone, Anthothoe chilensis (Lesson, 1830) (Lüderitz to Richards Bay, also Argentina, Brazil, Chile and St. Helena) ^{[3] [ clarification needed ]}
• Striped anemone, Anthothoe stimpsonii (Verrill, 1869), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [16]} (Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^[6]
• Square-mouth striped anemone, Anthothoe sp. (False Bay) (still being described)

Family Preactiidae

• Walking anemone, sock anemone, hedgehog anemone, Preactis millardae England in England & Robson, 1984 (Cape Peninsula) ^{[17] [4] [18]}

Family Isanthidae

• Ring-tentacle anemone, Isanthus capensis Carlgren, 1938 (South African Atlantic coast) ^{[13] [4]}

Order Corallimorpharia
Family Corallimorphidae

• Strawberry anemone, Corynactis annulata (Verrill, 1867) (Port Nolloth to Mossel Bay) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Zoanthids
Family Parazoanthidae

• Cape zoanthid, Isozoanthus capensis (Cape Peninsula to Port St Johns) ^{[3] [4]}
• Sponge zoanthid, Parazoanthus sp. (False Bay) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Cerianthids
Family Cerianthidae

• Burrowing anemone, tube anemone, Ceriantheopsis austroafricanus Molodtsova, Griffiths and Acuna 2012 (False Bay and Hermanus) ^[14]
• White burrowing anemone Ceriantheopsis nikitai Molodtsova, 2001 (Table Bay) ^{[14] [19] [4]}

Order Scleractinia
Family Dendrophylliidae

• Cup coral, Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bonaespei van der Horst, 1938 (Saldanha Bay to East London) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Caryophylliidae

• Large cup coral, Caryophyllia sp. (False Bay) ^{[3] [4]}

Octocorallians

Main article: Octocorallia

Order Malacalcyonacea ^[20]

Family Alcyoniidae

• Purple soft coral, Alcyonium fauri Studer, 1910 (Saldanha Bay to Richards Bay) ^{[3] [ clarification needed ]}
• Variable soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921), syn. Eleutherobia variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (Cape Peninsula to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4] [21] [22]}

Family Eunicellidae

• Flagellar sea fan, whip fan, Eunicella albicans (Kolliker, 1875) (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}
• Nippled sea fan, Eunicella microthela (Lamouroux, 1816) recorded as Eunicella papillosa (Esper, 1797) (Lüderitz to Sodwana) ^{[3] [23] [4]}
• Sinuous sea fan, Eunicella tricoronata Velimirov, 1971 (Cape Peninsula to East London) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Gorgoniidae

• Gilchrist's sea fan, Leptogorgia gilchristi (Hickson, 1904), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Palmate sea fan, Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) (Cape Peninsula to Sodwana) ^[3]

Family Leptophytidae

• Purple soft coral Tenerodus fallax (Lüttschwager, 1922), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [24]} (Cape Columbine to Richards' Bay) ^[6]
• Brown soft coral, Tenerodus pollex McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017 (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [25]}

Family Malacacanthidae

• Sun-burst soft coral, Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900) (Cape Peninsula to southern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4] [26]}

Family Melithaeidae

• Multicoloured sea fan, Melithaea rubra (Esper, 1789) also recorded as syn. Acabaria rubra Esper, 1789 (Bloubergstrand to East London) ^{[3] [4] [27]}

Family Nephtheidae

• Cauliflower soft coral, Eunephthya thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) (Cape Peninsula to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Pennatulacea – sea pens
Family Echinoptilidae

• Radial sea pen, purple sea pen, Actinoptilum molle (Kukenthal, 1910) (whole South African coast) ^{[28] [4]}

Family Virgulariidae

• Feathery sea pen, Virgularia schultzei Kukenthal, 1910 (Lüderitz to central Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Scleralcyonacea – sea fans
Family Parasphaerascleridae

• Valdivian soft coral, Parasphaerasclera valdiviae (Kukenthal, 1906), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [29]} (Lüderitz to Durban) ^[6] also recorded as syn. Alcyonium valdiviae Kukenthal, 1906 (Cape Peninsula to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^[3]

Family Spongiodermidae

• Gorgonian twig coral, Homophyton verrucosum (Mobius, 1861) (False Bay to Sodwana) ^{[3] [30]}

Medusozoa

Main article: Medusozoa

Staurozoa

Main article: Staurozoa

Order Stauromedusae
family Depastridae

• Stalked trumpet jelly, Depastromorpha africana Carlgren, 1935 (Cape Peninsula to Hermanus) ^[31]

Family Kishinouyeidae

• Calvadosia sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Lipkeidae

• Bell stalked jelly, Lipkea stephensoni Carlgren, 1933 (Smitswinkel Bay) ^{[32] [4]}

Scyphozoa – true jellyfish

Main article: Scyphozoa

Order Semaeostomeae
Family Pelagiidae

• Compass jellyfish, Benguela compass jelly, redbanded jellyfish, Chrysaora fulgida (Reynaud, 1830), recorded as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767), which is now known to be restricted to the north Atlantic. (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean). ^{[3] [4] [33]}
• Night-light jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean, also Mediterranean and Pacific) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Ulmaridae

• Moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [34]}

Order Rhizostomeae
Family Rhizostomatidae

• Frilly-mouthed jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo Macri, 1778 (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean) ^[35]
• Root-mouthed jellyfish, Eupilema inexpectata Pages, Gili & Bouillon, 1992 (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Carybdeida
Family Carybdeidae

• Box jellyfish, sea wasp, Carybdea murrayana Haeckel, 1880 recorded as syn. Carybdea branchi Gershwin & Gibbons, 2009 (north of Namibia to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4] [36]}

Hydrozoans

Main article: Hydrozoa

Order Anthoathecata

Family Candelabridae

• Gnome's hat hydroid, Candelabrum capensis (Manton, 1940) (Lüderitz to East London) ^[37] syn. Myriothela capensis ^{[38] [4]}
• Dreadlocks hydroid, Candelabrum tentaculatum Millard, 1966 (Cape Peninsula and Port Elizabeth) ^[39] syn. Myriothela tentaculata ^{[38] [4]}

Family Eudendriidae

• Bushy hydroids, Eudendrium spp. (whole coast) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Hydractiniidae

• High-spined commensal hydroid, Hydractinia altispina Millard, 1955 (Lüderitz to False Bay) ^{[38] [4]}
• Shell-mimic hydroid, Hydrocorella africana Stechow, 1921 (West Coast to Durban) ^{[38] [4]}

Family Porpitidae

• Blue button, Porpita porpita (Port Nolloth to Mozambique, pelagic, warm waters.) ^{[6] [4]}
• By-the-wind sailor, Velella velella (Port Nolloth to Mozambique, pelagic, warm waters.) ^{[6] [4]}

Family Solanderiidae

• Grey fan hydroid, Solanderia procumbens (Carter, 1873) (Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[38] [4]}

Family Stylasteridae

• Noble coral, Stylaster nobilis (Saville Kent, 1871) (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^[3] syn. Allopora nobilis ^{[40] [4]}

Family Tubulariidae

• Tubular hydroid, pinkmouth hydroid, Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862) (Saldanha Bay to Sodwana Bay) ^{[3] [4]}
• Tubular sponge hydroid, Zyzzyzus warreni (Warren, 1906) (Saldanha Bay to Sodwana Bay) ^[3] syn. Zyzzyzus solitarius Calder, 1988 ^{[41] [4]}

Order: Leptothecata
Family Aequoreidae

• Crystal jellyfish, Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [42]} (pelagic, whole coast) ^[43]

Family Aglaopheniidae

• Toothed feather hydroid, Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1767) (whole coast) ^{[6] [38] [4]}
• Smoky feather hydroid, Macrorhynchia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1816) syn. Lytocarpus filamentosus(Walvis Bay to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}

Family Campanulariidae

• Thin-walled obelia, Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cosmopolitan. Alien, introduced on ships) ^[6]
• Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lüderitz to Cape Agulhas) ^[6]

Family Halopterididae

• Fine hydroid, Corhiza scotiae (Ritchie, 1907) (whole coast) ^{[38] [4]}
• Snowdrop hydroid, Gattya humilis Allman, 1886 (northern Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[38] [4]}

Family Kirchenpaueriidae

• Feathery hydroid, Pycnotheca mirabilis (Allman, 1883) (False Bay to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[38] [4]}
• Kirchenpaueria pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758) *Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal) ^[6]

Family Plumulariidae

• Plumed hydroid, little sea bristle, Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (whole coast) ^{[6] [38] [4]}

Family Sertulariidae

• Wiry hydroid, Amphisbetia operculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}
• Planar hydroid, Sertularella arbuscula (Lamouroux, 1816) (Saldanha Bay to southern Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Jointed hydroid, Thuiaria articulata (Pallas, 1766) (whole coast) syn, Salacia articulata ^{[6] [4]}

Order Siphonophorae
Family Apolemiidae

• String jelly, barbed wire jellyfish, Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815) (pelagic, worldwide) ^{[43] [4]}

Family Forskaliidae

• Net jelly, Forskalia edwardsii (Kolliker, 1853) (pelagic, worldwide) ^{[43] [4] [44]}

Family Physaliidae

• Bluebottle, Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758), recorded as syn. Physalia utriculus (La Martiniere, 1787) (pelagic, whole coast) ^{[3] [4] [45]}

Ctenophora – comb jellies

Main article: Ctenophora

Order Beroida
Family Beroidae

• Cigar comb jelly, Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780, (pelagic, worldwide). ^{[6] [43] [4]}

Order Cestida
Family Cestidae

• Venus girdle, Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813 (pelagic, worldwide) ^{[6] [43] [4]}

Order Cydippida
Family Pleurobrachiidae

• Sea gooseberry, Pleurobrachia bachei Agassiz, 1860 (pelagic, worldwide) ^{[6] [43] [4]}

Order Lobata
Family Bolinopsidae

• Lobed comb jelly, Leucothea spp. (pelagic, worldwide) ^{[43] [4]}

Order Platyctenida
Family Coeloplanidae

• Benthic comb jelly, Coeloplana sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Platyhelminthes – flatworms

Main article: Platyhelminthes

Order Polycladida
Family Notocomplanidae

• Limpet flatworm, Notocomplana erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1859), recorded as syn. Notoplana patellarum (Stimpson, 1855), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [46]} (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) ^[6]

Family Planoceridae

• Gilchrist's flatworm, Planocera gilchristi Jacubowa, 1906, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [47]} (Cape Peninsula to Maputo) ^[6]

Family Pseudocerotidae

• Carpet flatworm, Thysanozoon brocchii (Risso, 1818). also reported as Thysanozoon sp. ^[4] (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [48]}

Incertae sedis

• Acoel flatworm, sponge flatworm. Undescribed. (Both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^[14]
• Striped flatworm. Undescribed. (Cape Peninsula and Port Elizabeth) ^{[14] [4]}
• Freckled flatworm. Undescribed. (Both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[14] [4]}

Annelida

Order Myzostomida
Family Myzostomidae

• Crinoid worm, feather star myzostomid, Myzostoma fuscomaculatum Lanterbeque, 2008 (False Bay) ^{[49] [4]}

Order Sipuncula
Family Golfingiidae

• Common peanut worm, Golfingia capensis (Teuscher, 1874), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [50]} (Lüderitz to Mozambique) ^[6]

Class Clitellata

Subclass Hirudinea – Leeches

Order Rhynchobdellida
Family Piscicolidae

• Warty leech, Pontobdella sp. ^[4] (Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Class Polychaeta – bristleworms

Main article: Polychaeta

Subclass Echiura

Order Echiuroidea
Family Thalassematidae

• Opaque tongue worm Listriolobus capensis (Jones & Stephen, 1954), recorded as syn. Ochetostoma capense Jones & Stephen, 1954, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [51]} (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) ^[6]

Subclass Errantia

Order Amphinomida Family Euphrosinidae

• Plump bristleworms Euphrosine capensis Kinberg, 1857, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [52]} (Lüderitz to Durban) ^[6]

Order Eunicida
Family Eunicidae

• Wonder worm, Bobbit worm, Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788) (Lüderitz to Sodwana Bay) ^{[3] [4]}
• Lysidice natalensis Kinberg, 1865, (TMNP MPA). ^[4] (Lüderitz to Algoa Bay) ^[6]
• Estuarine wonder-worm, Marphysa haemasona Quatrefages, 1866 recorded as syn. Marphysa elityeni Lewis & Karageorgopoulos, 2008, (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [53]} (Walvis Bay to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Family Lumbrineridae

• False earthworm, Lumbrineris coccinea (Renier, 1804), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [54]} (Walvis Bay to Mozambique) ^[6]

Family Oenonidae

• Iridescent worm Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [55]} (Lüderitz to Maputo) ^[6]

Family Onuphidae

• Case-worm, Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802), (TMNP MPA), ^{[4] [56]} (Walvis bay to Mozambique) ^[6]
• Banded case-worm, Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (TMNP MPA), ^{[4] [57]} (Walvis Bay to Maputo) ^[6]

Order Phyllodocida
Family Glyceridae

• Glycerine worm, Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [58]} (Walvis Bay to Maputo) ^[6]

Family Nephtyidae

• Nephtys' sand worms Nephtys spp. (TMNP MPA) ^[4] (North Namibia to Richard's Bay) ^[6]

Family Nereididae

• Perinereis capensis (Kinberg, 1865), (TMNP MPA), ^[4]
• Bar-toothed nereid, Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) recorded as syn. Perinereis nuntia vallata (Grube, 1857),(TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [59]} (Walvis Bay to Mozambique) ^[6]
• Dumeril's clam worm, Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [60]}
• Mussel-worm, Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [61]} (Whole coast) ^[6]
• Estuarine nereid, Simplisetia erythraeensis (Fauvel, 1918), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [62]} (Orange River to Mozambique) ^[6]

Family Polynoidae

• Milky scaleworm, Antinoe lactea Day, 1953 ^[63] (TMNP MPA) ^[4] (Cape Columbine to Cape Peninsula) ^[6]
• Common scaleworm, Lepidonotus semitectus (Stimpson, 1855), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [64]} (Walvis Bay to Wild Coast) ^[6]
• Two-tone scaleworm, Polynoe erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1861) recorded as syn. Hemilepidia erythrotaenia Schmarda, 1861, (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [65]} (Lüderitz to Cape Peninsula) ^[6]

Family Sigalionidae

• Boa worm Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [66]}

Family Syllidae

• Syllis variegata Grube, 1860, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [67]}
• Beadworms Syllidae spp. ^[4] (Whole coast) ^[6]

Subclass Sedentaria

Family Arenicolidae

• Bloodworm, Arenicola loveni Kinberg, 1866, ^[4] (Cape Columbine to Durban) ^[6]

Family Capitellidae

• Clubworm, Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851, (TMNP MPA). ^[4] (Orange River to Mozambique) ^[6]

Family Chaetopteridae

• Chaetopterus, Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [68]} (Cape Columbine to southern Mozambique) ^[6]

Family Maldanidae

• Bamboo worms, Euclymene spp. (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [69]}

Family Orbiniidae

• Naineris laevigata (Grube, 1855), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Wooly worm, Orbinia angrapequensis (Augener, 1918) (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [70]} (Walvis Bay to Algoa Bay) ^[6]
• Orbinia sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Sabellariidae

• Cape reef worms Gunnarea gaimardi (Quatrefages, 1848), also recorded as syn. Gunnarea capensis (Schmarda, 1861), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [71]} (North Namibia to North KZN) ^[6]

Order Terebellida
Family Cirratulidae

• Black boring worm, Dodecaceria pulchra Day, 1955 (Lüderitz to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}
• Orange thread-gilled worm, Cirriformia capensis (Schmarda, 1861) syn. Timarete capensis, Cirratulus capensis, Cirratulus australis Stimpson, 1856 (Angola to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}
• Tentacular cirriform polychaete, Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu, 1808), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Flabelligeridae

• Flabby bristleworm Flabelligera affinis M. Sars, 1829, (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [72]} (Lüderitz to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Family Pectinariidae

• Cone-tube worm, Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766), recorded as syn. Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [73]} (Lüderitz to Cape Peninsula) ^[6]

Family Terebellidae

• Sand mason, lollipop worm, Lanice conchilega Pallas, 1766 (False Bay to Port Elizabeth, also northern oceans) ^{[74] [4]}
• Nicolea macrobranchia (Schmarda, 1861), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Lobed tangleworm, Telothelepus capensis Day, 1955 (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [75]}
• Tangleworms family Terebellidae Mamlgren, 1867 (whole coast) ^[3]
• Tangleworms, Thelepus spp. ^[4]

Order Sabellida
Family Sabellidae

• Branchiomma natalensis (Kinberg, 1866), (Lüderitz to Cape Point) ^[6]
• Branchiomma violacea (Schmarda, 1861), (Walvis Bay to Durban) ^[6]
• Feather-duster worm, Pseudobranchiomma longa (Kinberg, 1866) syn. Sabellastarte longa (Cape Peninsula to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Gregarious fanworm, Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Muller, 1771) (Port Nolloth to southern Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Peacock fanworm, pencilworm, Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) syn. Sabella penicillus (as S. penicillus, False Bay to southern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[76] [4]}
• Blue coral worm, large hydroid worm, Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864), also recorded as syn. Pomatoleios kraussii (Baird, 1864), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [77]}

Family Serpulidae

• Filigreed coral-worm, Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835 (Port Nolloth to Port Elizabeth) ^{[76] [4]}
• Red fanworm, mopworm Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822) (Cape Point to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}
• Operculate fanworm, Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (Port Nolloth to southern Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Spiral fanworms family Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815 (whole coast) ^{[3] [4]}
• Spiral fanworms, Spirorbis spp. ^[4]

Order Spionida
Family Spionidae

• Shell-boring spionids, Polydora spp. ^[4]

Arthropods

Main article: Arthropoda

Pycnogonida – sea spiders

Main article: Pycnogonida

Order Pantopoda
Family Ammotheidae

• Compact sea spider, Tanystylum brevipes (Hoek, 1881) (Orange River mouth to Richards Bay) ^{[3] [78] [4]}

Family Nymphonidae

• Scarlet sea spider, Nymphon signatum Mobius, 1902 (Saldanha to East London) ^{[3] [4]}

Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea family incertae sedis

• Yellow sea spider, Queubus jamesanus Barnard 1946 (Cape Peninsula to Port St. Johns) ^{[3] [79] [4]}

Crustacea

Main article: Crustacea

Order Amphipoda

Family Amaryllididae

• Pocket amphipod, Amaryllis macrophthalma Haswell, 1879, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [80]} (Walvis Bay to Mozambique) ^[6]

Family Ampeliscidae

• Four-eyed amphipod, Ampelisca palmata K.H. Barnard, 1916, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [81]}

Family Caprellidae

• Skeleton shrimp, Caprella equilibra Say, 1818, (TMNP MPA), ^{[4] [82]} (Whole coast) ^[6]

Family Cyamidae

• Whale-louse, Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [83]} (whole coast and offshore waters) ^[6]

Family Cyproideidae

• Ornate amphipod, Cyproidea ornata Haswell, 1879 (Namibian coast to Kosi Bay) ^{[3] [84] [4]}

Family Dexaminidae

• Sea squirt amphipod, Polycheria atolli A.O. Walker, 1905 (whole coast) ^{[85] [86]}

Family Hyalidae

• Apohyale diastoma (K.H. Barnard, 1916), (TMNP MPA). recorded as syn. Hyale diastoma K.H. Barnard, 1916. ^{[4] [87]}
• Seaweed amphipod, Apohyale grandicornis (Krøyer, 1845), (TMNP MPA). recorded as syn. Hyale grandicornis (Krøyer, 1845), ^{[4] [88]}

Family Hyperiidae

• Bubble-eyed amphipod, Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [89]} (Orange River to Cape Peninsula) ^[6]

Family Iphimediidae

• Hunchback amphipod, Iphimedia gibba Barnard, 1940 (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]} (False Bay to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Family Ischyroceridae

• Hitchhiker amphipods, Jassa spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4] (whole coast) ^[6]
• Jumping sand, Siphonoecetes spp. ^[4]

Family Leucothoidae

• Sponge amphipod, Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Lysianassidae

• Compact amphipod, Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [90]}
• Lysianassa spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Maeridae

• Red-striped amphipod, Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) rubromaculatus (Stimpson, 1855) recorded as alt. rep. Ceradocus rubromaculatus (Stimpson, 1855), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [91]} (whole coast) ^[6]
• Maera hirondellei Chevreux, 1900, (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [92]}

Family Melitidae

• Brack water amphipod, Melita zeylanica Stebbing, 1904. (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [93]}

Family Ochlesidae

• Ridgeback amphipod, Ochlesis lenticulosus K.H. Barnard, 1940, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [94]} (False Bay to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Family Phoxocephalidae

• Spade-foot amphipod, Griffithsius latipes (Griffiths, 1976), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [95]} (Luderitz to Cape Peninsula) ^[6]

Family Phronimidae

• Pram bug amphipod, Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [96]} (St Helena Bay to north KZN) ^[6]

Family Pontogeneiidae

• Paramoera bidentata K.H. Barnard, 1932, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [97]} (Whole coast) ^[6]
• Big-eyed amphipod, Paramoera capensis (Dana, 1853), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [98]} (Whole coast) ^[6]

Family Talitridae

• Sand hopper Africorchestia quadrispinosa (K.H. Barnard, 1916), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [99]}
• Beach hopper, louse amphipod, Capeorchestia capensis (Dana, 1853). also recorded as syn. Talorchestia capensis (Dana, 1853), (Orange river to Wild Coast) ^[6] (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [100]}

Family Urothoidae

• Burrowing amphipod, Urothoe grimaldii Chevreux, 1895, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [101]} (North Namibia to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Order Cumacea

Family Bodotriidae

• Cumopsis africanum (Zimmer, 1920) recorded as syn. Heterocuma africanum Zimmer, 1920. ^{[4] [102]}

Order Decapoda

Infraorder Achelata

Family Palinuridae

• West Coast rock lobster, Jasus lalandii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) (Walvis Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Scyllaridae

• Shoveller crayfish, cape slipper lobster, Scyllarides elisabethae (Ortmann, 1894), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [103]} (False Bay to north KZN) ^[6]

Infraorder Anomura – hermit crabs

Family Diogenidae

• Blue-antenna hermit, Areopaguristes engyops (Barnard, 1947), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [104]}
• Striated hermit crab, Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796) (False Bay to southern Mozambique) ^{[105] [4]}
• Common sand hermit, Diogenes brevirostris Stimpson, 1858, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [106]}
• Pink hermit crab, Paguristes gamianus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1836) (southern Namibia to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4] [107]}

Superfamily Galatheoidea

• Squat lobster, Galatheoidea sp.(TMNP MPA) ^[4]

Family Paguridae

• Blue-striped hermit crab, blue faced hermit crab, Pagurus liochele (Barnard, 1947) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth). ^{[4] [108] [109]}
• Blue-lined hermit crab, Anapagurus hendersoni Barnard, 1947. (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [110]}

Infraorder Axiidea

Family Callichiridae

• Common sand prawn, Kraussillichirus kraussi (Stebbing, 1900) recorded as syn. Callichirus kraussi (Stebbing, 1900), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [111]}

Infraorder Brachyura – true crabs

Family Calappidae

• Masked crab, Mursia cristiata H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Saldanha Bay to Sodwana Bay) ^[3] synonym Mursia cristimanus ^{[4] [112]}

Fanuly Camptandriidae

• Danielella edwardsii (MacLeay, 1838) recorded as syn. Danielita edwardsii (MacLeay, 1838), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [113]}

Family Dromiidae

• Sumo crab, scrubbing-brush crab, Dromidia aegibotus Barnard, 1947 (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[114] [4] [115]}
• Shaggy sponge crab, Dromidia hirsutissima (Lamarck, 1818) (Southern Namibia to Mossel Bay) ^{[3] [116] [4]}
• Cryptic sponge crab, Platydromia spongiosa (Stimpson, 1858) (Namibian border to Sodwana Bay) ^[3] syn. Cryptodromiopsis spongiosa ^{[117] [4]}
• Furred sponge crab, cloaked sponge crab, Pseudodromia latens Stimpson, 1858 (Saldanha Bay to East London) ^{[3] [4] [118]}

Family Epialtidae

• Toothed decorator crab, Acanthonyx dentatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 recorded as syn. Dehaanius dentatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834) (Saldanha Bay to Richards Bay) ^{[3] [119] [4]}
• Agulhas spider crab, Maja capensis (Ortmann, 1894) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^[114] syn. Mamaia capensis (not listed on WoRMS, possibly Maja cornuta (Linnaeus, ^[4] 1758) reported as syn. Maja squinado var. capensis Ortmann, 1894) ^[4]

Family Grapsidae

• Columbus crab, gulfweed crab, Planes minutus (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [120]}

Family Hexapodidae

• Three-legged crab, Spiroplax spiralis (Barnard, 1950), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [121]}

Family Hymenosomatidae

• Crown crab, Hymenosoma orbiculare Desmarest, 1825 (Namibian border to southern Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Inachidae

• Cape long-legged spider crab, Macropodia falcifera (Stimpson, 1857) (cape Peninsula to East London) ^{[3] [4] [122]}
• Hotlips spider crab, Achaeopsis spinulosa Stimpson, 1857 (False Bay to Durban) ^{[114] [4] [123]}

Family Leucosiidae

• Long-legged crab, Afrophila punctata (Bell, 1855), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [124]}

Family Nautilocorystidae

• Masked crab, Nautilocorystes ocellatus (Gray, 1831), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [125]}

Family Ovalipidae

• Three-spot swimming crab, Ovalipes trimaculatus (De Haan, 1833) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4] [126]}

Family Pilumnoididae

• Kelp crab, Pilumnoides rubus Guinot & MacPherson, 1987 (Namibian border to Cape Peninsula) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Pinnotheridae

• Pea crab, Afropinnotheres dofleini (Lenz in Lenz & Strunck, 1914) recorded as syn. Pinnotheres dofleini Lenz in Lenz & Strunck, 1914, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [127]}

Family Plagusiidae

• Cape rock crab, Guinusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lüderitz to Sodwana Bay) ^[3] also reported as syn. Plagusia chabrus ^[4]

Family Portulinidae

• Smith’s swimming crab, Charybdis (Archias) smithii Macleay, 1838, recorded as alt. rep. Charybdis smithii Macleay, 1838, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [128]}

Family Varunidae

• Shore crab, Cyclograpsus punctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [129]}
• Swimming rock crab, Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [130]}

Infraorder Caridea – benthic prawns

Family Alpheidae

• Cracker shrimp, Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 Alpheus crassimanus Heller, 1865 (Saldanha Bay to Delagoa Bay) ^{[3] [131]}
• Cracker shrimp, Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878, recorded as syn. Alpheus macrochirus Richters, 1880, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [132]}
• Commensal shrimp, Betaeus jucundus Barnard, 1947, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [133]}

Family Hippolytidae

• Crinoid shrimp, feather star shrimp Hippolyte catagrapha d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2007 (False Bay) ^{[134] [4] [135]}
• Broken-backed shrimp, Hippolyte kraussiana Stimpson, 1860 (Saldanha Bay to East London) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Palaemonidae

• Sand shrimp, Palaemon peringueyi (Macpherson, 1990) (Walvis Bay to Port St Johns) ^{[3] [4] [136]}

Family Penaeidae

• Surf shrimp, swimming shrimp, Macropetasma africana (Balss, 1913), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [137]}

Infraorder Gebiidea

Family Upogebiidae

• Estuarine mud prawn, Upogebia africana (Ortmann, 1894), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [138]}

Order Euphausiacea

Family Euphausiidae

• Light euphausid, Euphausia lucens Hansen, 1905, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [139]} (Angola to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Order Isopoda

Family Anthuridae

• Apanthura sandalensis Stebbing, 1900, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [140]}
• Haliophasma spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Slender chequered isopod, Mesanthura catenula (Stimpson, 1855) (Lamberts Bay to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [141] [4]}

Family Cirolanidae

• Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818, (TMNP MPA), ^[4]
• Crimped cirolanid, Cirolana undulata Barnard, 1914, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Crimped cirolanid, Cirolana venusticauda Stebbing, 1902, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Right-angled beach louse, Eurydice kensleyi Bruce & Soares, 1996 (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [142]}
• Wide-foot beach louse, Excirolana latipes (Barnard, 1914), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [143]}
• Natal beach louse, Excirolana natalensis (Vanhöffen, 1914), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [144]}
• Hairy-legged cirolanid, Natalolana hirtipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1840), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [145]}

Family Cymothoidae

• Fish louse, Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 (Walvis Bay to Durban) ^{[3] [4] [146]}

Family Holidoteidae

• Austroarcturus dayi (Kensley, 1977) recorded as Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977. ^{[4] [147]}

Family Idoteidae

• Keeled isopod, Glyptidotea lichtensteini (Krauss, 1843), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [148]}
• Metallic isopod, Idotea metallica Bosc, 1801, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [149]}
• Reticulate kelp louse, Paridotea reticulata Barnard, 1914 (Namibian border to Cape Peninsula) ^{[3] [150] [4]}
• Green weed-louse, Paridotea ungulata (Pallas, 1772), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [151]}
• Paridotea spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Janiridae

• Iais pubescens (Dana, 1853),(TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [152]}
• Ianiropsis palpalis Barnard, 1914 (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [153]}
• Hairy isopod, Iathrippa capensis (Barnard, 1914), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [154]}

Family Joeropsididae

• Stebbing's isopod, Joeropsis stebbingi Kensley, 1975, (TMNPA MPA). ^{[4] [155]}

Family Ligiidae

• Sea slater, Ligia dilatata Brandt, 1833, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [156]}

Family Paranthuridae

• Paranthura punctata (Stimpson, 1855), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [157]}

Family Sphaeromatidae

• Hump-tailed isopod, Cymodoce valida (Stebbing, 1902), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [158]}
• Cymodocella spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Roll-tailed isopod, Dynamenella dioxus Barnard, 1914 (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [159]}
• Roll-tailed isopod Dynamenella huttoni (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Dynamenella spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Spherical isopod, Exosphaeroma spp. (whole Namibian coast to cape Peninsula) ^[3]
• Exosphaeroma antikraussi Barnard, 1940, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [160]}
• Exosphaeroma kraussi Tattersall, 1913, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [161]}
• Exosphaeroma planum Barnard, 1914, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [162]}
• Exosphaeroma truncatitelson Barnard, 1940, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [163]}
• Variegated spherical isopod, Exosphaeroma varicolor Barnard, 1914, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [164]}
• Exosphaeroma spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Roll-tailed isopod, Ischyromene australis (Richardson, 1906) recorded as syn. Dynamenella australis Richardson, 1906 (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [165]}
• Roll-tailed isopod, Ischyromene huttoni (G. Thomson, 1879), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [166]}
• Roll-tailed isopod, Ischyromene magna (Barnard, 1954), recorded as syn. Cymodocella magna Barnard, 1954, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [167]}
• Spike-back isopod, Parisocladus perforatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1840), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [168]}
• Spike-back isopod, Parisocladus stimpsoni (Heller, 1861), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [169]}
• Button isopod, Sphaeramene polytylotos Barnard, 1914, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [170]}

Family Tylidae

• Pill-bug Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843 (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [171]}
• Giant beach pill-bug, Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [172]}

Order Leptostraca

Family Nebaliidae

• Cape leaf shrimp, Nebalia capensis Barnard, 1914, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [173]}

Order Mysida – mysid shrimps

Family Mysidae

• Surf mysid, Gastrosaccus psammodytes O. Tattersall, 1958 (Namibian border to Durban) ^{[3] [174]}
• Red and white shrimp, Heteromysis (Heteromysis) fosteri Wittmann & Griffiths, 2017 (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [175]}
• Octopus commensal shrimp, Heteromysis (Heteromysis) octopodis Wittmann & Griffiths, 2017 (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [176]}
• Kelp mysid, Mysidopsis major (Zimmer, 1928) (Lüderitz to False Bay) ^{[3] [4] [177]}
• Stargazer shrimp, Mysidopsis zsilaveczi Wittmann & Griffiths, 2014, (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [178]}

Order Stomatopoda – mantis shrimps

Family Lysiosquillidae

• Cape mantis shrimp, Lysiosquilla capensis Hansen, 1895 (Cape Point to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [179]} Also reported as Lysiosquilla (armata) capensis not listed on WoRMS. ^[4] (Walvis Bay to KZN south coast) ^[6]

Order Tanaidacea

Family Leptocheliidae

• Leptochelia barnardi Brown, 1957. (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [180]}

Family Tanaididae

• Slender tanaid, Zeuxoides helleri Sieg, 1980, recorded as syn. Anatanais gracilis (Heller, 1865), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [181]}

Infraclass Cirripedia – barnacles

Order Balanomorpha
Family Balanidae

• Striped barnacle, Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [182]}
• Giant barnacle, Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [183]}
• ? Balanus maxillaris Gronovius, 1763, (not listed in WoRMS), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• ? Balanus algicola (not isted in WoRMS), possibly Notomegabalanus algicola Pilsbry, 1916, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Coronulidae

• Whale barnacle, Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767) reported as Coonula diadema (misspelling) (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [184]}

Family Tetraclitidae

• Grey volcano barnacle, Tetraclita serrata Darwin, 1854 (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [185]}

Order Scalpellomorpha
Family Lepadidae

• Rabbit-ear barnacle, Conchoderma auritum (Linnaeus, 1767), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [186]}
• Buoy barnacle, Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [187]}
• Yellow-rimmed goose barnacle, Lepas (Lepas) anatifera Linnaeus, 1758, reported as Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [188]}
• Goose barnacle, Lepas (Lepas) testudinata Aurivillius, 1892 (pelagic) ^{[3] [4] [189]}

Order Sessilia

Family Balanidae

• Giant barnacle, Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780) (Port Nolloth to Port Elizabeth) ^[3]
• White dwarf barnacle, Notomegabalanus algicola (Pilsbry, 1916) (Namibia to Port St Johns) ^{[3] [4]}
• Striped barnacle, Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) recorded as syn. Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 (Saldanha Bay to Mozambique) ^{[3] [190]}

Family Chthamalidae

• Tooth barnacle, Chthamalus dentatus Krauss, 1848, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [191]}
• Eight-shell barnacle, Octomeris angulosa (Sowerby, 1825), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [192]}

Class Copepoda

Order Calanoida
Family Centropagidae

• Pelagic copepods, Centropages brachiatus (Dana, 1849), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [193]}

Order Harpacticoida
Family Porcellidiidae

• Porcellidium spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Class Hexapoda

Family Neanuridae

• Seashore springtail, Anurida maritima (Guérin-Méneville, 1836), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [194]}

Bryozoans – moss animals, lace animals

Main article: Bryozoa

Order Cheilostomatida
Family Adeonidae

• Forked false coral, Adeonella spp. (Namibian border to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}
• Large pore lacy false coral, Adeonellopsis meandrina (O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [195]}
• Pore-plated false coral, Laminopora jellyae (Levinsen, 1909) (Cape Peninsula to East London) ^{[14] [4]}

Family Beaniidae

• Magellanic lace animal, Beania magellanica (Busk, 1852) (Cape Peninsula to East London) ^{[3] [4] [196]}
• Beania vanhoeffeni Kluge, 1914 (Cape Peninsula) ^[6]
• Beania minuspina Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007 (Cape Peninsula) ^[6]

Family Bugulidae

• Eyelash moss animal, bonsai bush, Bicellariella bonsai Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007 (Port Nolloth to Port St Johns) ^{[14] [4] [197]}
• Eyelash moss animal, Bicellariella ciliata (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Fouling moss animal, Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Olifants River to Sodwana Bay, Almost worldwide) ^[6]
• Tree moss animal, Bugula plumosa (Pallas, 1766) (Both sides of the Cape Peninsula, Great Britain) ^[14]
• Bird's head moss animal, Bugulina avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cape Peninsula to Durban). reported as Bugula avicularia . ^{[6] [4] [198]}
• Fan-shaped moss animal, Bugulina flabellata (Thompson, in Gray, 1848) (Namibian border to Algoa Bay), recorded as syn. Bugula flabellata ^[6]
• Tree moss animal, Crisularia plumosa (Pallas, 1766), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Dentate moss animal, Virididentula dentata (Lamouroux, 1816) (Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay, Indo-Pacific and Brazil), recorded as syn. Bugula dentata ^{[14] [4] [199]}

Family Calwelliidae

• Busk's moss animal, Onchoporella bombycina Busk, 1884, recorded as syn. Onchoporella buskii (Harmer, 1923) (Port Nolloth to Algoa Bay, endemic) ^{[14] [4] [200]}

Family Candidae

• Fern moss animal, curled moss animal, Menipea crispa (Pallas, 1766) (Lambert's Bay to Durban) ^{[14] [4]}
• Fan-shaped moss animal, Menipea ornata (Busk, 1852), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [201]}
• Spiral moss animal, Menipea triseriata Busk, 1852 (Namibian border to Port St Johns) ^{[14] [4]}

Family Celleporidae

• Spiny false-coral, Celleporaria capensis (O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1935), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [202]}
• Cylindrical false coral, Turbicellepora redoutei (Audouin, 1826) syn. Cellepora cylindriformis (Port Nolloth to Port St. Johns) ^{[14] [4] [203]}
• Cylindrical false coral, Turbicellepora cylindriformis (Busk, 1881), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Cylindrical false coral, Turbicellepora valligera Hayward & Cook, 1983, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [204]}

Family Chaperiidae

• Scrolled false coral, Chaperia spp. (Namibian border to Sodwana Bay) ^{[14] [4]}
• Maroon scrolled false coral, Chaperiopsis multifida (Busk, 1884), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [205]}

Family Electridae

• Verticellate lace animal, Hairy lace animal, Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (Namibian border to East London) ^{[3] [4] [206]}

Family Exochellidae

• Escharoides contorta (Busk, 1854) (Cape Town to KwaZulu-Natal) ^[6]
• Encrusting bryozoan, Escharoides spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Flustridae

• Leafy moss animal, Flustra spp. (Both sides of Cape Peninsula. North Atlantic) ^{[14] [4]}

Family Gigantoporidae

• Staghorn false coral, Gephyrophora polymorpha Busk, 1884 recorded as syn. Gigantopora polymorpha (Busk, 1884) (Port Nolloth to Cape Infanta) ^{[14] [4] [207]}

Family Lanceoporidae

• Calyptotheca nivea (Busk, 1884) (Cape Point to East London) ^{[6] [4] [208]}
• Calyptotheca porelliformis (Waters, 1918), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [209]}

Family Lepraliellidae

• Spiny false coral, Celleporaria capensis (O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1935) (Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay) ^[6]

Family Margarettidae

• Cactus-bush brryozoan, Margaretta levinseni (Canu & Bassler, 1930) (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[14] [4]}

Family Membraniporidae

• Membranous lace animal, Jellyella tuberculata (Bosc, 1802) ^[210] (Saldanha Bay to Durban) syn. Membranipora tuberculata ^[3]
• Rectangular membranous lace animal, Rustic lace animal, Membranipora rustica Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007 (Namibian border to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}

Family Phidoloporidae

• Lacy false coral, Schizoretepora tessellata (Hincks, 1878) (Namibian border to Mossel Bay and Australia) ^{[14] [4]}

Family Steginoporellidae

• Steginoporella buskii Harmer, 1900 (Port Nolloth to Durban) ^[6]

Family Watersiporidae

• Sub-ovoid bryozoan, Watersipora cucullata (Busk, 1854), recorded as syn. Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852) (Namibian border to Sodwana Bay) ^{[3] [4] [211]}
• Red-rust bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny, 1852) (Cape Columbine to Mossel Bay) ^{[6] [4] [212]}

Order Ctenostomatida
Family Alcyonidiidae

• Nodular bryozoan, Alcyonidium nodosum O'Donoghue & Watteville, 1944 (Port Nolloth to False Bay) ^{[3] [4] [213]}
• Soft false coral, Alcyonidium rhomboidale O'Donoghue, 1924 (Cape Columbine to Algoa Bay) ^{[6] [4] [214]}

Order Cyclostomatida
Family Diaperoeciidae

• Beauteous bryozoan, pore-tubed bryozoan, Nevianipora pulcherrima (Kirkpatrick, 1890) syn. Tubulipora pulcherrima (Cape Peninsula to Mossel Bay, Indo-Pacific) ^{[6] [14] [4]}

Family Tubuliporidae

• Tennysonia stellata Busk, 1867, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [215]}

Molluscs

Main article: Mollusca

Gastropoda – slugs and snails

Main article: Gastropoda

Patellogastropoda – true limpets

Main article: Patellogastropoda

Family Patellidae – true limpets

• Kelp limpet, Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758) recorded as syn. Patella compressa Linnaeus. 1758 (Namibia to Cape Point) ^{[3] [216] [4]}
• Granite limpet, Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758), also recorded as syn. Patella granatina Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [217] [4]}
• Pink rayed limpet, cinnabar limpet, Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) recorded as syn. Patella miniata Born, 1778 (Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [218] [4]}
• Goat's eye limpet, Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778) recorded as syn. Patella oculus Born, 1778 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [219] [4]}
• Variable limpet. Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848). ^{[4] [220]}
• Slim rayed-limpet , Helcion dunkeri Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Prickly limpet, Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Rayed limpet, broad-rayed limpet, Helcion pruinosus Krauss, 1848 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Argenville's limpet, Scutellastra argenvillei Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^[3] (syn. Patella argenvillei) ^[4]
• Bearded limpet, Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus, 1758 (Orange River to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^[3] (syn, Patella barbara). ^[4]
• Pear limpet, spoon limpet, Scutellastra cochlear Born, 1778 (Orange River to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^[3] recorded as syn. Patella cochlear ^[4]
• Granular limpet, Scutellastra granularis Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal north coast) ^[3] (syn. Patella granularis) ^[4]
• Duck's foot or Long-spined limpet, Scutellastra longicosta Lamarck, 1819 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^[3] also recorded as syn. Patella longicosta. ^[4]
• Giant limpet, Scutellastra tabularis Krauss, 1848 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^[3] (syn. Patella tabularis). ^[4]

Vetigastropoda

Main article: Vetigastropoda

Family Calliostomatidae

• Ornate topshell, Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck, 1822), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [221]}

Family Haliotidae – abalone

• Perlemoen or abalone, Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal South coast) ^{[3] [4]}
• Spiral-ridged siffie, Haliotis parva Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Siffie or Venus ear, blood-spotted abalone, Haliotis spadicea Donovan, E., 1808 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal north coast) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Fissurellidae – keyhole limpets

• Saddle-shaped keyhole limpet, Dendrofissurella scutellum (Gmelin, 1791) also recorded as syn. Amblychilepas scutella (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [222] [4]}
• Conical keyhole limpet, Diodora parviforata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) (Orange River to Eastern Cape) ^[3] also recorded as syn. Fissurella parviforata G.B. Sowerby III, 1889. ^[4]
• Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846) (Saldanha Bay to western Transkei) ^[223]
• Cape keyhole limpet, Fissurella mutabilis Sowerby, 1834 (Orange River to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Mantled keyhole limpet, Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Orange River to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [4]} also recorded as syn. Fissurellidea aperta G.B. Sowerby, 1825.

Family Phasianellidae

• Knobbly dogwhelk, Tricolia capensis (Dunker, 1846), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [224]}
• Pheasant shell, Tricolia neritina (Dunker, 1846), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Tricolia sp. (TMNP MPA), ^[4]

Family Trochidae

• Cape topshell, Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Multicoloured topshell, Gibbula multicolor (Krauss, 1848), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [225]}
• Variegated topshell, Oxystele antoni D. G. Herbert, 2015, also recorded as syn. Oxystele variegata (Anton, 1838), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [226]}
• Pink-lipped topshell, Oxystele sinensis (Gmelin, 1791), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Tiger topshell, Oxystele tigrina (Dillwyn, 1817), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Variegated topshell, Oxystele impervia (Menke, 1843), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Turbinidae

• Smooth and ridged turban shells, Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Alikreukel, Turbo sarmaticus Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [227]}

Caenogastropoda

Main article: Caenogastropoda

Family Epitoniidae

• Wentletrap sea snail, Epitonium kraussi (Nyst, 1873), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [228]}

Family Janthinidae

• Bubble raft shell or violet snail, Janthina janthina Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Turritellidae

• Waxy screw shell, Turritella capensis (Krauss, 1848)(Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^[3] also recorded as syn. Protoma (Protomella) capensis. ^[4]
• Threaded screw-shell, Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1799 (Western Cape to southern Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Pale screw shell, Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849 (Cape Point to Natal) ^{[3] [229] [4]}

Littorinimorpha

Main article: Littorinimorpha

Family Aporrhaidae – pelican foot shells

• Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963 (Namibia and Western Cape) ^[229]

Family Assimineidae

• Globular mud snail, Assiminea globulus Connoly, 1939 (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Calyptraeidae – slipper limpets

• Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791) recorded as syn. Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [230]}
• Crepipatella dilatata (Lamarck, 1822), recorded as syn. Crepidula dilatata Lamarck, 1822 (Lambert's Bay to Mossel Bay) ^{[3] [231]}
• Slipper limpet, Crepidula porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal north coast) ^{[3] [4]}
• Chinese hat Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Cassidae – helmet shells

• Helmet shell, Semicassis labiata zeylanica (Lamarck, 1822) (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^[3] also recorded as syn. Phalium labiatum zeylanicum. ^{[229] [4]}

Family Charoniidae

• Pink lady, Charonia lampas Linnaeus, 1758, also recorded as Charonia lampas pustulata (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Cymatiidae

• Pustular triton, Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786), (Orange River to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4] [232]}
• Furry ridged triton, Cabestana africana Adams A. 1855 (also as Cabestana cutacea africana Namibia to southern Mozambique) ^{[3] [4] [233]}

Family Cypraeidae – true cowries

• Cypraeovula algoensis (J. E. Gray, 1825), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868) (False Bay to East London) ^[229]
• Cypraeovula coronata (F. A. Schilder, 1930), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Dark-toothed cowrie, Cypraeovula fuscodentata (J. E. Gray, 1825) recorded as syn. Cypraea fuscodentata Gray, 1825 (Cape Point to Tsitsikamma) ^{[3] [234] [229] [4]}
• Cypraeovula fuscorubra (H. Shaw, 1909), recorded as syn. Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw, 1909 (Namaqualand to Cape Agulhas) ^{[234] [229] [235]}
• Cypraeovula iutsui Shikama, 1974 ^{[234] [236]} recorded as syn. Cypraea iutsui (Olifants River Mouth to Port Alfred)) ^[229]

Family Hipponicidae – hoof limpets

• Horse's hoof, Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817), recorded as syn. Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817), (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [237]}

Family Littorinidae

• African periwinkle, Afrolittorina africana (R. A. Philippi, 1847), recorded as syn. Nodilittorina africana (Philippi, 1847), (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [238]}
• Southern periwinkle, Afrolittorina knysnaensis (R. A. Philippi, 1847), (TMNP MPA) ^{[4] [239]}

Family Naticidae – necklace shells

• Mottled necklace shell, Tectonatica tecta (Anton, 1838), recoerded as syn. Natica tecta Anton, 1839 (Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4] [240]}

Family Ranellidae

• Single-ridged triton, Ranella gemmifera Euthyme, 1889 also recorded as syn.Ranella australasia gemmifera (Cape Point to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Tonnidae

• South African variegated tun, Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Triviidae – trivia

• Triviella magnidentata (Liltved, 1986) ^[241] syn. Trivia magnidentata (Cape Town to East London) ^{[229] [234]}
• West coast baby's toes, Triviella millardi (C. N. Cate, 1979), nomen dubium (recorded as Trivia millardi Cape west coast) ^[3] (Cape Agulhas and north) ^{[229] [234] [4]}
• Triviella neglecta Schilder, 1930 (Cape Peninsula, Cape Agulhas and north (?)) syn. Trivia neglecta ^{[229] [234]}
• Baby's toes, Triviella ovulata (Lamarck, 1810), also recorded as Trivia ovulata (Cape Point to south Transkei) ^{[3] [229] [234] [4]}
• Triviella sanctispiritus (Shikama, 1974) (Cape Town to East London) syn. Trivia sanctispiritus ^{[229] [234]}

Family Velutinidae

• ?Lamellaria (s.l.) capensis Bergh, 1907 (Cape Point and north (?)) ^[234]
• ?Lamellaria (s.l.) leptoconcha Bergh, 1907 (Cape Point and north (?)) ^[234]
• Lamellaria perspicua Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point and north (?)) ^[234]

Family Vermetidae – worm shells

• Colonial worm shell, Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei) ^[3] also recorded as syn. Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939. ^[4]
• Solitary worm shell, Thylacodes natalensis Mörch, 1862, recorded as syn. Serpulorbis natalensis (Mörch, 1862), (Namaqualand to central Kwa-Zulu-Natal) ^{[3] [242] [4]}

Neogastropoda

Main article: Neogastropoda

Family Ancillariidae

• Amalda obesa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [243]}

Family Babyloniidae

• Spotted babylon, woven whelk, Zemiropsis papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825), (False Bay to eastern Transkei) ^{[223] [4]}

Family Buccinidae

• Flame-patterned burnupena, Burnupena catarrhacta Gmelin, 1791 (Orange river to Agulhas) ^{[3] [4]}
• Ridged burnupena, Burnupena cincta Röding, 1798 (Namibia to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Variable burnupena, Burnupena lagenaria Lamarck, 1822 (Saldanha to Zululand) ^{[3] [4]}
• Papery burnupena, Burnupena papyracea Bruguière, 1792 (Orange river to Agulhas) ^{[3] [4]}
• Burnupena pubescens Küster, 1858 (North western Cape to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Family (unassigned), superfamily Buccinoidea

• Elongate whelk, Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). also recorded as syn. Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [244]}

Family Columbellidae

• Dove snail, well-ribbed dovesnail, Anachis kraussii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [245]}

Family Conidae – cone shells

• Algoa cone, Conus algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 (Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [4]}
  • Conus algoensis algoensis (West Coast) ^[3]
  • Yellow Algoa cone, Conus algoensis simplex G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 (Cape Point to Hermanus) ^[3]
• Elongate cone, Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Orange river to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Cystiscidae

• Gibberula dulcis (E. A. Smith, 1904). (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Fasciolariidae

• Short-siphoned whelk, Lugubrilaria lugubris (A. Adams & Reeve, 1847) (Saldanha to False Bay) ^{[3] [4]} (syn? Pleuroploca lugubris lugubris (Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve in Reeve, L.A., 1847)), Fasciolaria lugubris lugubris
• Long-siphoned whelk, Africofusus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816), recorded as syn. Fusinus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816 (Namaqualand to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [246] [4]}

Family Marginellidae – marginellas

• Marginella confortini Bozzetti, 1992, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Marginella diadochus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Marginella falsebayensis J. H. Veldsman & S. G. Veldsman, 2012, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Marginella fishhoekensis Massier, 2004, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Marginella houtbaaiensis S. G. Veldsman, 2013, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Marginella musica Hinds, 1844 (Lüderitz to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [4]}
• Cloudy marginella, Marginella nebulosa Bolten in Röding, P.F., 1798 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Marginella peelae Bozzetti, 1993, recorded as syn. Marginella beltmani Hart, 1993, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [247]}
• Sandy marginella, Marginella piperata Hinds, 1844 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal north coast) ^{[3] [4]}
• Pinch lipped marginella, Marginella rosea Lamarck, 1822 (Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [4]}
• Marginella san S. G. Veldsman, 2014, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Marginella textilis S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2014, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Cape marginella, Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848), reported as syn. Volvarina capensis Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to Cape Hangklip) ^{[3] [248] [4]}
• Banded volvarina, banded marginella, zoned marginella, Volvarina zonata (Kiener, 1841) (Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Mitridae – mitres

• Brown mitre, Isara picta (Reeve, 1844), recorded as syn. Mitra picta Reeve, 1844 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [249] [4]}

Family Muricidae

• Rock snail, Indothais dubia (Schepman, 1919), Also reported as syn. Thaisella dubia (Schepman, 1919) (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Common dogwhelk, Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) (Namibia to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Scaly dogwhelk, Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (Namibia to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Nucella wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848), recorded as syn. Thais wahlbergi (Krauss 1848). (Saldanha to False Bay) ^{[3] [250]}
• Stag shell, Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1947), recorded as syn. Pteropurpura (Poropteron) graagae (Coen, 1947) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [251]}
• Hooked murex, Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822), recorded as syn. Pteropurpurea (Poropteron) uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822), and Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822), (Namibia to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [252] [4]}
• Girdled dogwhelk, Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771), recorded as syn. Nucella cingulata Linnaeus, 1771 (Orange river to Cape Point) ^{[3] [253] [4]}
• Fenestrate oyster drill, Vaughtia fenestrata (A. Gould, 1860), recorded as syn. Ocenebra fenestrata Gould, 1833 (Cape Point to Transkei) ^{[3] [254] [4]}

Family Nassariidae

Dogwhelks

• Cape dogwhelk, Nassarius capensis R. W. Dunker, 1846 (Cape Columbine to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Tick shell, Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, R.W., 1846) (Namaqualand to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Nassarius niveus (A. Adams, 1852), recorded as syn. Nassarius plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [255]}
• Purple-lipped dogwhelk, Nassarius speciosus (Adams, A., 1852) (Orange river to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Football snail, Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Subfamily Bulliinae – Plough shells

• Annulated plough shell, Bullia annulata Lamarck, 1816 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Finger plough shell, Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn, L.W., 1817) (Namibia to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Fat plough shell, Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}
• Pure plough shell, Bullia pura Melvill, J.C., 1885 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Smooth plough shell, Bullia rhodostoma Reeve, L.A., 1847 (Cape Point to North KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Bullia tenuis Reeve, 1846, (TMNP MPA), ^[4]

Family Clavatulidae

• Ribbed turrid, Clionella sinuata Born, 1778 (Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Ribbed turrid, Clionella rosaria (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}

Heterobranchia

Main article: Heterobranchia

Order Ellobiida
Family Trimusculidae

• Congregating limpet, Trimusculus sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Order Systellommatophora Family Onchidiidae

• Air-breathing sea slug, Onchidella maculata Plate, 1893, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [256]}

clade Cephalaspidea – head shield slugs
Family Cylichnidae

• Cylichna tubulosa Gould, 1859 (Angola to Durban) ^[257]

Family Retusidae

• Retusa truncatula (Bruguiere, 1792) (False Bay to Durban, also northern Europe, Mediterranean, Canary Islands) ^[257]

Family Philinidae

• Sand slug, shelled sand slug, Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) (eastern Atlantic Ocean, Northern Europe to southern Africa, also Pacific and Indian Oceans) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}

Family Aglajidae

• Slipper slug, cape slipper slug Philinopsis speciosa Pease, 1860, recorded as syn. Philinopsis capensis (Bergh, 1907) (False Bay to East London) ^{[257] [258] [259] [4]}

Family Gastropteridae

• Gastropteron alboaurantium Gosliner, 1984 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[257]
• Gastropteron flavobrunneum Gosliner, 1984 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[257]

Family Haminoeidae

• Green bubble shell, Haminoea alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 (Cape Peninsula to north of East London) ^{[3] [257] [4] [260]} probable syn. for Haminoea natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Family Bullidae

• Mottled bubble shell, Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758 (whole South African coast, Indo-Pacific) ^{[3] [257]}

clade Aplysiomorpha – sea hares
Family Aplysiidae

• Sea hare, Aplysia maculata Rang, 1828, recorded as syn. Aplysia gilchristi Bergh, 1907, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [261]}
• Variable sea hare, Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (Blougbergstrand to Mozambique) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Spotted sea hare, Aplysia oculifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal north coast, Indo-Pacific) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Dwarf sea hare, ? Aplysia parvula Morch, 1863 (Cape Peninsula to northern KwaZulu-Natal, circumtropical) ^{[3] [257] [258]} recorded as Aplysia sp. ^[4]
• Shaggy sea hare, Bursatella leachii (Blainville, 1817) (Saldanha Bay to Mozambique, Indo-Pacific) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}

clade Sacoglossa – sap-sucking slugs
Family Oxynoidae

• Lobiger sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Shrek sap-sucking slug, Oxynoe sp. (False Bay and Knynsa Lagoon) ^[257]

Family Plakobranchidae

• Plant-sucking nudibranch, Elysia spp. (Orange River to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [257] [258]}
• Sap-sucker, Elysia rubropunctata , not listed om WoRMS, but might refer to Elysia punctata var. rubropunctata, Macnae, 1954. (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [262]}

Family Hermaeidae

• Samurai sap sucker, Table Bay nudibranch, Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis (Macnae, 1954) (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Limapontiidae

• Mop sap sucking slug, Placida capensis Macnae, 1954 taxon inquirendum, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Dendritic nudibranch, Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) (Elands Bay to Port Alfred, cosmopolitan) ^{[257] [258]}

clade Pleurobranchomorpha – sidegill slugs
Family Pleurobranchidae

• Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803) (Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula at Kommetjie and McClear's Beach, Knysna, northern Europe and Mediterranean) ^[257]
• Berthella sp. (Bakoven, Atlantic Coast Cape Peninsula) ^[257]
• Lemon pleurobranch, Berthellina granulata (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Peninsula at Kommetjie to Mozambique, Indo-Pacific) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Mosaic pleurobranch, Pleurobranchus albiguttatus (Bergh, 1905) (False Bay to Algoa Bay) ^{[257] [258]}
• Mosaic pleurobranch, Pleurobranchus nigropunctatus (Bergh, 1907), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Pleurobranchaeidae

• Warty pleurobranch, Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev.Marcus and Gosliner, 1984 (Cape Peninsula to Jeffreys Bay) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Dwarf warty pleurobranch, Pleurobranchaea tarda Verrill, 1880 (Atlantic Coast Cape Peninsula to Knysna) ^{[3] [257] [258]}

clade Nudibranchia – nudibranchs
subclade Doridacea – dorid nudibranchs
Family Aegiridae

• Knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Cadlinidae

• Three-spot dorid, Aldisa trimaculata Gosliner in Millen & Gosliner, 1985 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula and Gordon's Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Dorididae

• Aldisa benguelae Gosliner in Millen & Gosliner, 1985 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[257]
• Variable dorid, variable nudibranch, Aphelodoris brunnea Bergh, 1907 (False Bay to East London) ^{[257] [258] [4] [263]}
• Choc chip nudibranch, Aphelodoris sp.1, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Spiky dorid, Aphelodoris sp.3, (TMNP NPA). ^[4]
• Warty dorid, Doris granosa (Bergh, 1907) (Lüderitz in Namibia to Port Elizabeth, also Indian and Atlantic Oceans) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]} (not listed on WoRMS)
• Velvet dorid, Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804) (Elands Bay to Knysna, also Europe) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Discodorididae

• Rugby-ball dorid, Atagema sp. reported as Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951 (Atlantic coast, Cape Peninsula, Mediterranean) ^{[257] [258]}
• Small-spot dorid, Discodoris sp. 1 (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258]}
• Blotchy dorid, Geitodoris capensis Bergh, 1907 (Atlantic coast, Cape Peninsula and Port Alfred) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Chocolate-chip nudibranch, Aphelodoris sp. 1 (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258]}
• Brown-spotted nudibranch, Aphelodoris sp. 2 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[258]
• Spiky nudibranch, Aphelodoris sp. 3 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[258]
• Cow nudibranch, Gargamella bovina Garovoy, Á. Valdés & Gosliner, 1999, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Ocellate dorid, Gargamella gravastella (western False Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Gargamella sp. 2 (western False Bay) ^[257]
• Small spot nudibranch, Paradoris sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Red sponge nudibranch, Rostanga elandsia Garovoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 2001 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Rooi Els) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 2001 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[257]

Family Cadlinidae

• Saddled nudibranch, Cadlina sp. 1 (False Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Brown-dotted nudibranch, Cadlina sp. 2 (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Galaxy nudibranch, Cadlina sp. 3, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Chromodorididae

• Inkspot nudibranch, Ceratosoma ingozi Gosliner, 1996 (False Bay) ^{[257] [258] [264] [4]}
• Red-spotted nudibranch, Goniobranchus heatherae Gosliner, 1994 syn. Chromodoris heatherea (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[258] [265] [4]}
• Protea dorid, Verconia protea Gosliner, 1994 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula and Gordon's Bay) recorded as syn. Noumea protea ^{[258] [265] [4]}
• Cape dorid, Hypselodoris capensis (Barnard, 1927) (Cape Point to the Wild Coast) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}

Family Dendrodorididae

• Blue-speckled nudibranch, Dendrodoris caesia (Bergh, 1907) (Cape Point to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Tan dorid, white-spotted nudibranch, Doriopsilla capensis (Bergh, 1907) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Scribbled nudibranch, Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880, (TMNP MPA). ^[266] There has been some confusion or disagreement as to whether the local species are D. areolata or D. miniata or both.
• Scribbled nudibranch, Doriopsilla miniata (Alder and Hancock, 1864) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay, also Mediterranean, India, Australia and Japan) ^{[257] [258] [4] [267]}

Family Mandeliidae

• Mandela's nudibranch, Mandelia mirocornata Valdés & Gosliner, 1999 (Cape Peninsula, False Bay and Algoa Bay) ^{[257] [258] [268] [4]}

Family Onchidorididae

• Fluffy nudibranch, Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdes, 2005 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4] [269]}
• Naartjie nudibranch, Atalodoris sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Goniodorididae

• Fiery nudibranch, Okenia amoenula (Bergh, 1907) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Citrine nudibranch. Goniodoris castanea Alder & Hancock, 1845 syn. Goniodoris brunnea (Cape Peninsula to Port Alfred, also Europe, Mediterranean, Japan and New Zealand) ^{[257] [4]}
• Tugboat nudibranch, Goniodoris mercurialis Macnae, 1958 (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• White-lined nudibranch, Trapania sp. 1 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Knysna) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Giraffe spot nudibranch, Ancula sp. (Cape Peninsula and False Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Corambidae

• Crazed nudibranch, Corambe sp. (False Bay) ^{[3] [257] [4]}

Family Polyceridae

• Cape peppercorn nudibranch, Crimora sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Tasselled nudibranch, Kaloplocamus sp. reported as Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835) (Cape Peninsula to Wild Coast) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Ghost nudibranch, Lecithophorus capensis Macnae, 1958 (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Orange-clubbed nudibranch, Limacia clavigera (Muller, 1776) (Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [257] [258]}
• Kelp orange-clubbed nudibranch, Limacia jellyi Toms, Pola, Von der Heyden & Gosliner, 2021, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [270]}
• Orange-clubbed nudibranch Limacia lucida (W. Stimpson, 1855), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [271]}
• Crowned nudibranch, Polycera capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Lüderitz, Namibia to Port Alfred, also Sydney Harbour) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Dark crowned nudibranch, Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Four lined nudibranch, Polycera quadrilineata (Muller, 1776) (False Bay, Knysna Lagoon and Algoa Bay) ^{[3] [257]}
• Twin-crowned nudibranch, Polycera sp. 1 (False Bay) ^{[258] [4]}
• Orange striped crowned nudibranch, Polycera sp. 2, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Yellow knot crowned nudibranch, Polycera sp. 3, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Black nudibranch, Tambja capensis (Bergh, 1907) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Feather nudibranch, Thecacera sp. ^[4] previously recorded as Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815) (Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal, cosmopolitan) ^{[257] [258]}

subclade Dendronotida
Family Scyllaeidae

• Iridescent nudibranch, Notobryon thompsoni Pola, Camacho-García & Gosliner, 2012, previously recorded as Notobryon wardi Odhner, 1936 and Notobryon sp. (Elands Bay to Jeffreys Bay) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}

Family Tethydidae

• Dinosaur nudibranch, Melibe liltvedi Gosliner, 1987 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Cowled nudibranch, Melibe rosea Rang, 1829 (Port Nolloth to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}

Family Dotidae

• Crowned doto, Doto africoronata Shipman & Gosliner, 2015, ^[4] previously reported as Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Knysna, also North Atlantic and Mediterranean) ^{[257] [258]} but now recognised as a different species.
• Feathered doto, Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Knysna, also English Channel) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881 (False Bay) ^[257]
• Doto splendidissima Pola & Gosliner, 2015, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Tritoniidae

• Whip-fan nudibranch, Duvaucelia odhneri Marcus, 1983 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula, also Atlantic coasts of Britain, Ireland and France) recorded as syn. Tritonia nilsodhneri and as Duvaucelia sp. ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Soft coral nudibranch, Marionia sp. also recorded as Tritonia sp. 1 (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Brush nudibranch, Tritonia sp. 2 (both sides Cape Peninsula, Gordons Bay and Jeffreys Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

subclade Euarminida
Family Arminidae

• Gilchrist's armina, Armina gilchristi (Bergh, 1907) (Cape Point to Jeffreys Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

  

  Gilchrist's armina

• Pierre's armina, Armina sp. (False Bay) ^{[3] [258]}
• Striped sand slug, Armina sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• White-ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. 1 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula and Port Elizabeth) ^{[257] [258]}
• Brown ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. 4 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258]}
• White-ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Narrow-ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

subclade Cladobranchia
Family Coryphellidae

• White-edged nudibranch, Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925, also recorded as syn. Fjordia capensis (Thiele, 1925), and syn. Flabellina capensis (Thiele, 1925), (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[257] [258] [4] [272]}

Family Cuthonidae

• Cuthona sp. 1 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^[257]
• Cuthona sp. 2 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^[257]

Family Fionidae

• Goose barnacle nudibranch, Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Janolidae

• Cape silvertip nudibranch, Antiopella capensis (Bergh, 1907) also recorded as syn. Janolus capensis Bergh, 1907 (Saldanha Bay to East London) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Medallion silvertip nudibranch, Antiopella longidentata (Gosliner, 1981) also recorded as syn. Janolus longidentatus Gosliner, 1981 (False Bay) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4] [273]}
• Nippled nudibranch, Janolus sp. (South Paw, off Clifton, Cape Peninsula) ^[14]

  

  Nippled nudibranch at South Paw

• Gasflame nudibranch, Bonisa nakaza Gosliner, 1981 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [257] [258]}

Family Lemindidae

• Frilled nudibranch, Leminda millecra Griffiths, 1985 (Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Tergipedidae

• Tergipes tergipes Forskal, 1779 (both sides Cape Peninsula, widespread in the Atlantic Ocean) ^[257] (as Tergipes sp.?) ^[4]
• Taloned nudibranch, Tergipes sp. 2, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Trinchesiidae

• Catriona casha Gosliner & Griffiths, 1981 (Langebaan Lagoon to Knysna) ^[257]
• Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) (Cape Town Harbour, Pacific coast of North America and Japan) ^[257]
• Sunset nudibranch, ? Tenellia casha (not listed on WoRMS) (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Candy nudibranch, Trinchesia speciosa (Macnae, 1954) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) recorded as syn. Cuthona speciosa ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Yellow candy nudibranch, Trinchesia sp. (TMNP MPA), ^[4]

subclade Aeolidida – aeolid nudibranchs
Family Aeolidiidae

• Indica nudibranch, Anteaeolidiella cacaotica (Bergh, 1888) syn. Anteaeolidiella foulisi, Anteaeolidiella indica, Aolidiella indica (Saldanha Bay to southern KwaZulu-Natal, circumtropical) ^{[3] [257] [258]}
• Anemone nudibranch, Anteaeolidiella saldanhensis (Barnard, 1927), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [274]}

Family Embletoniidae

• Embletonia gracilis Risbec, 1928 (western False Bay, also Japan, New Caledonia, Australia and Hawaii) ^[257]

Family Eubranchidae

• Eubranchus sp. 1 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^[257]
• Eubranchus sp. 2 (False Bay to Knysna) ^{[257] [4]}
• Fireworks nudibranch, Eubranchus sp. 4 (near Vulcan rock, south of Hout Bay) ^{[258] [4]}
• Candelabra nudibranch, Eubranchus sp. 5 (False Bay) ^{[258] [4]}
• Amber nudibranch, Eubranchus sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Flabellinidae

• Purple lady nudibranch, Paraflabellina funeka Gosliner and Griffiths, 1981 recorded as syn. Flabellina capensis (Cape Point to Port Elizabeth) ^{[257] [258] [ clarification needed ] [4]}
• Flabellina sp. 1 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^[257]
• Flabellina sp. 2 (western False Bay: Windmill and Dassie Point) ^[257]

Family Facelinidae

• Night sky nudibranch, Amanda armata Macnae, 1954 (both sides Cape Peninsula and False Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Black-dot nudibranch, Caloria sp. 1 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Yellow-tipped nudibranch, Caloria sp. 2 (both sides Cape Peninsula) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Orange-eyed nudibranch, Cratena capensis Barnard, 1927 (Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4]}
• Elegant nudibranch, Cratena sp. 1 (False Bay to Plettenberg Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}
• Olive nudibranch, Facelina olivacea Macnae, 1954 (Saldanha Bay to Cape Town Harbour, Knysna and Jeffreys Bay) ^{[257] [258] [4]}

Family Myrrhinidae

• Four-colour nudibranch, Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927) (Bloubergstrand to East London, also Ghana) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4] [275]}
• Coral nudibranch, Phyllodesmium horridum (Macnae, 1954) (False Bay to Sodwana Bay, also Japan and Australia) ^{[3] [257] [258] [4] [276]}

Family Glaucidae

• Sea swallow, blue glaucus, Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (False Bay to KwaZulu-Natal, circumtropical). ^[4]

Order Siphonariida

Family Siphonariidae

• Cape false limpet, Siphonaria capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [277]}
• Ribbed false-limpet, Siphonaria concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1823, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Siphonaria deflexa (Helbling, 1779), nomen dubia (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Eyed false-limpet, Siphonaria oculus Krauss, 1848, (TMNP MPA). ^[4]
• Serrate false-limpet, Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807), (TMNP MPA), ^[4]

Bivalvia

Main article: Bivalvia

Order Arcida
Family Arcidae – ark clams

• Oblique ark shell, Barbatia obliquata (Gray, 1837) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Cardiida
Family Donacidae

• White mussel, Donax serra Röding, 1798 (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [278]}
• Butterfly wedge-shell, Latona sordida (Hanley, 1845), recorded as syn. Donax sordidus Hanley, 1845. (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [279]}

Order Carditida
Family Carditidae

• Rough false cockle, Cardita caliculaeformis Deshayes, 1863. (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [280]}
• Dead man's hands, Thecalia concamerata (Gmelin, 1791) (Port Nolloth to Transkei) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Limida
Family Limidae – file shells

• File shell, Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792) (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Mytilida
Family Mytilidae

• Estuarine mussel, Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [281]}
• Ribbed mussel, Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) (Namibia to Eastern Cape) recorded as syn. Aulacomya ater ^{[3] [4]}
• Brack-water mussel, Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [282]}
• Black mussel, Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848) (Namibia to Tsitsikamma) ^{[3] [4]}
• Half-hairy mussel, Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [223] [4]}
• Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 (Orange River to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Brown mussel, Perna perna (Linne, 1758) (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Ostreida
Family Ostreidae – true oysters

• Brooding oyster, Ostrea atherstonei Newton, 1913 (Saldanha Bay to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [4]}
• Cape rock oyster, Striostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819) (Cape Point to Mozambique), recorded as syn. Crassostrea margaritacea ^{[223] [4]}

Family Pinnidae – pen shells

• Scaly horse mussel, horse mussel, Atrina squamifera (Sowerby, 1835) (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4] [283]}

Order Pectinida
Family Pectinidae – scallops

• South African scallop, edible scallop, Pecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Dwarf fan shell, Talochlamys multistriata (Reeve, 1853) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) recorded as syn. Chlamys tincta ^{[3] [4]}

Order Venerida
Family Mactridae – trough shells

• Otter shell, Lutraria lutraria (Linneus, 1758) (Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Smooth trough shell, smooth mactra, Mactra glabrata Linneus, 1767 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Angular surf clam, Scissodesma spengleri (Linneus, 1767) (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Venerida
Family Lasaeidae

• Dwarf rusty clam, Lasaea turtoni Bartsch, 1915 (Cape Point to Mozambique)Gmelin 1791 recorded as Lasaea adansoni turtoni ^{[3] [4]}

Family Tellinidae

• Ridged tellin, Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791) (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Trilateral tellin Homalina trilatera (Gmelin, 1791), (TMNP MPA). recorded as Tellina trilatera Gmelin, 1791, ^{[4] [284]}
• Gilchrist's tellin, Moerella tulipa (Hanley, 1844) (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) ^[3] recorded as Tellina gilchristi Sowerby, 1904 (unaccepted) ^{[285] [4]}
• Port Alfred tellin, Pallidea palliderosea (Anton, 1838) (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^[3] reported as Tellina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 Linnaeus 1758 (unaccepted) ^{[286] [4]}
• Trilateral tellin, Homalina trilatera (Gmelin, 1791) recorded as Tellina trilatera Gmelin, 1791 (Orange river to Transkei) ^{[3] [223] [4] [284]}

Family Veneridae – Venus shells

• Heart clam, greater heart-clam, Dosinia orbignyi (Dunker, 1845) recorded as Dosinia lupinus orbignyi Dunker, 1845 (Namibia to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [287] [4]}
• Zigzag clam, Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818) recorded as Pitar abbreviatus Krauss, 1848 (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [288]}
• Mottled venus, Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974, recorded as syn. Sunetta contempta bruggeni Fischer & Piette, 1974 (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [289] [4]}
• Streaked sand clam, Tivela compressa (Sowerby, 1851) (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) ^[3]
• Corrugated venus, Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}
• Warty venus, Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Order unassigned, Euheterodonta
Family Solenidae

• Pencil bait, Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881 (Namaqualand to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}

Polyplacophora – chitons

Main article: Polyplacophora

Order Chitonida
Family Acanthochitonidae

• Spiny chiton, Acanthochitona garnoti de Blainville, 1825 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [290] [4]}

Family Chitonidae

• Tulip chiton, Chiton politus Spengler, 1797 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [290] [4]} recorded as Chiton tulipa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835).
• Black chiton, Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [290] [4]}
• Brooding chiton, Radsia nigrovirescens (de Blainville, 1825) recorded as syn. Chiton nigrovirescens de Blainville, 1825 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [290] [291] [4]}

Family Callochitonidae

• Broad chiton, Callochiton dentatus Spengler, 1797 recorded as syn. Callochiton castaneus (Wood, 1815) (Orange river to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Chaetopleuridae

• Hairy chiton, Chaetopleura papilio Spengler, 1797 (Namibia to Cape Point) ^{[3] [290] [4]}
• Orange hairy chiton, Chaetopleura pertusa Reeve, 1847 (Cape Columbine to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [290] [4]}
• Giant chiton, armadillo, Dinoplax gigas Gmelin, 1791 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) ^{[3] [290] [4]}

Family Ischnochitonidae

• Ribbed scale chiton, Ischnochiton bergoti (Velain, 1877) (Namibia to Cape Point) ^{[3] [290] [4]}
• Dwarf chiton, Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [290] [4]}
• Textile chiton, Ischnochiton textilis (Gray, 1828) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [290] [4]}

Cephalopoda

Main article: Cephalopoda

Order Octopoda – octopus
Family Enteroctopodidae

• Southern giant octopus, Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, P. Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992) (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Family Octopodidae

• Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [290] [4]}
• Brush-tipped octopus, Eledone schultzei Hoyle, 1910 (Cape Columbine to Cape Point) ^[3] (syn. Eledone thysanophora, Aphrodoctopus schultzei) ^{[292] [4]}

Family Argonautidae

• Paper nautilus, Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Teuthida – squid
Family Loliginidae

• Chokka or calimari, Loligo reynaudii d'Orbigny [in Ferussac & d'Orbigny], 1839-1841, recorded as syn. Loligo vulgaris reynaudi (Orbigny, 1845) (Orange River to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [293] [4]}

Order Sepiolida – bobtail squid

• Unidentified species (Cape Peninsula, both sides)

Order Sepiida – cuttlefish Family Sepiidae

• Beautiful cuttlefish, Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985, also recorded as syn. Sepia (Hemisepius) pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985. ^{[294] [4]}
• Tuberculate cuttlefish, Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798 (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) ^{[3] [4]}
• Common cuttlefish, patchwork cuttlefish, Sepia vermiculata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 (Orange River to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}
• Pore-bellied cuttlefish, Hemisepius typicus Steenstrup, 1875, recorded as syn. Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [295]}

Brachiopoda – lampshells

Main article: Brachiopoda

Order Lingulida
Family Discinidae

• Disc lamp shell, Discinisca tenuis (Sowerby, 1847), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [296]}

Order Terebratulida
Family Kraussinidae

• Lamp shell, Kraussina crassicostata Jackson, 1952 (Cape Point to Mossel Bay) ^{[3] [4] [297]}
• Ruby lamp shell, Kraussina rubra (Pallas, 1766) (Lüderitz to southern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Cancellothyrididae

• Lamp shell, Terebratulina meridionalis Jackson, 1952, (Cape Peninsula) ^{[3] [4] [298]}

Echinoderms

Main article: Echinodermata

Crinoidea – feather stars

Main article: Crinoidea

Order Comatulida
Family Antedonidae

• Feather star, Annametra occidentalis (AH Clark, 1915), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [299]}

Family Comatulidae

• Common feather star, Comanthus wahlbergii (Muller, 1843), (False Bay to Mozambique). ^{[3] [4]}

Family Tropiometridae

• Elegant feather star, Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816), (Cape Point to Mozambique). ^{[3] [4]}

Asteroidea – starfish

Main article: Asteroidea

Order Paxillosida
Family Astropectinidae

• Sand starfish, Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777) (Namibia to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}
  • Pink sand star, Astropecten irregularis pontoporeus Sladen, 1883. ^[4]

Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae

• Cobbled starfish, Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 (Lamberts Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[300] [4]}

Family Goniasteridae

• Granular starfish, Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910, recorded as syn. Austrofromia schultzei (Doderlein, 1910) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [301] [4]}

Family Asterinidae

• Beautiful starfish, Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [302]}
• Red starfish, Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847) (Namibia to Durban) ^[3] (syn. Patiria granifera) ^[4]

Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae

• Spiny starfish, Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842), recorded as Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [303]}
• Many-armed starfish Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) (Saldanha Bay to False Bay) ^{[300] [4]}

Order Spinulosida
Family Asterinidae

• Subtidal cushion star, Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923), recorded as syn. Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) (Cape Point to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [304] [4]}
• Dwarf cushion star, Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816) (Namibia to Mozambique) syn. Patiriella exigua ^{[3] [4]}

Family Stichasteridae

• Dividing starfish, Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [305]}

Order Velatida
Family Pterasteridae

• Brooding cushion star, Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae

• Reticulated starfish, Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Ophiuroidea – brittlestars

Main article: Ophiuroidea

Order Euryalida
Family Gorgonocephalidae

• Basket star, gorgon's head brittle star, Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783) (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Amphilepidida
Family Amphiuridae

• Brooding snake star, scaly-armed brittlestar, Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828), (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [306]}

Family Ophiactidae

• Snake-star, Ophiactis carnea Ljungman, 1867, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [307]}

Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae

• Hairy brittle star, Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, 1789) (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Amphiuridae

• Equal-tailed brittle star, Amphiura (Amphiura) capensis Ljungman, 1867, recorded as syn. Amphiura capensis Ljungman 1867 (whole coast) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Ophionereididae

• Striped brittle star, Ophionereis dubia (Muller & Troschel, 1842) (False Bay to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Ophiodermatidae

• Banded brittle star, Ophiarachnella capensis (Bell, 1888) (Saldanha Bay to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}
• Serpent-skinned brittle star Ophioderma wahlbergii Muller & Troschel, 1842 (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Echinoidea – sea urchins

Main article: Echinoidea

Order Echinoida
Family Echinidae

• Deepwater urchin, Echinus gilchristi Bell, 1904 (Lüderitz to Port Elizabeth) ^{[300] [4]}
• Cape urchin, Parechinus angulosus Leske, 1778 (Lüderitz to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Echinolampadacea
Family Echinolampadidae

• Lamp urchin, Echinolampas crassa (Bell, 1880) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^[3]

Order Spatangoida
Family Brissidae

• Smooth-shelled urchin, Spatagobrissus mirabilis H.L. Clark, 1923 (False Bay) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Loveniidae

• Heart urchin, Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (Lamberts Bay to Mozambique) ^{[3] [4]}

Holothuroidea – sea cucumbers

Main article: Holothuroidea

Order Dendrochirotida
Family Cucumariidae

• Mauve sea cucumber, cask sea cucumber, Pentacta doliolum (Pallas, 1766) (West African coast to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [4]}
• Horseshoe sea cucumber, Roweia frauenfeldi (Ludwig, 1882) (Angola to East London) ^{[3] [4]}
• Stephenson's sea cucumber, Roweia stephensoni (John, 1939) (False Bay to Wild Coast) ^{[3] [4]}
• Red-chested sea cucumber, Hemiocnus insolens (Théel, 1886), recorded as syn. Pseudocnella insolens (Théel, 1886), (Port Nolloth to Durban) ^{[3] [308] [4]}

Family Phyllophoridae

• Golden sea cucumber, Thyone aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Lüderitz to False Bay) ^{[3] [4]}

Chaetognatha – Arrow worms

Main article: Chaetognatha

Family Sagittidae

• Common arrow worm, Sagitta sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Hemichordata

Main article: Hemichordata

Class Enteropneusta

Family Ptychoderidae

• Cape acorn worm, Balanoglossus capensis Gilchrist, 1908, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [309]}

Tunicates

Main article: Tunicata

Order Aplousobranchia

Family Clavelinidae

• Bell ascidian, Clavelina lepadiformis (Muller, 1776) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [310] [4]}
• Choirboys, Clavelina sp. syn Podoclavella sp. (Western Cape) ^[4]
• Snowball ascidian, Distaplia skoogi Michaelsen, 1934 (False Bay and Ibo Island Mozambique) ^{[310] [4]}
• Foam ascidian, Polycitor porrecta (Millar, 1962) (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^[310]
• Sago pudding ascidian, Cystodytes dellechiajei (Della Valle, 1877) (False Bay to Sodwana Bay, also Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean) ^[310]
• Choirboys Pycnoclavella narcissus Kott, 2005, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [311]}

Family Didemnidae

• Lattice ascidian, Didemnum spp. (False Bay to Sodwana Bay) ^{[3] [310] [4]}
• Brain ascidian, Trididemnum cerebriforme Hartmeyer, 1913 (Cape Columbine to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}
• Gossamer ascidian, Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^[6]

Family Holozoidae

• Lobed ascidian, bulb ascidian, Sigillina digitata (Millar, 1962) (Western Cape) ^{[6] [14] [310] [4]}
• Fan ascidian, Sycozoa arborescens Hartmeyer, 1912 (Namibian border to Port Elizabeth) ^{[310] [4] [312]}

Family Polycitoridae

• Foam ascidian, Polycitor porrecta (Millar, 1962), (TMNP MPA). ^{[313] [4]}

Family Polyclinidae

• Mushroom ascidian, Aplidium circulatum (Hartmeyer, 1912) (False Bay to Jeffreys Bay) ^{[310] [4]}
• Aplidium crustatum F. Monniot, 2001 (Saldanha Bay to False Bay) ^[310]
• Rosette sea squirt Aplidium flavolineatum (Sluiter, 1898a) (Saldanha Bay to Sodwana Bay) ^{[310] [4]}
• Sago pudding ascidian, Cystodytes dellechiajei (Della Valle, 1877), (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Order Phlebobranchia

Family Ascidiidae

• Red-spotted ascidian, Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878 (Saldanha Bay to Mozambique) ^{[6] [310] [4]}
• Crevice ascidian, Ascidia caudata Heller, 1878 (Cape Peninsula) ^{[6] [4] [314]}

Family Cionidae

• Transparent ascidian, sea vase, Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) (whole coast, cosmopolitan) ^{[3] [4]}

Order Pyrosomatida

Family Pyrosomatidae

• Fire-roller, Pyrosoma sp. (TMNP MPA). ^[4]

Order Salpida

Family Salpidae

• Three-tailed salp, Thalia sp. (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [315]}

Order Stolidobranchia

Family Pyuridae

• Herdman's redbait, Pyura herdmani (Drasche, 1884) (Walvis Bay to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}
• Red bait, Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878) (Namibia to Durban) ^{[3] [4]}

Family Styelidae

• Ladder ascidian, Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816) (West coast of Africa to southern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[310] [4]}
• White-ringed ascidian, Botrylloides magnicoecum (Hartmeyer, 1912) (Orange River to Durban) syn. Botryllus magnicoecus ^{[6] [4]}
• Fenced ascidian, Botryllus closionis Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001 (Atlantic coast Cape Peninsula) ^{[310] [4]}
• Seaweed ascidian, Botryllus elegans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Lüderitz to Cape Agulhas) ^{[6] [310] [4]}
• Variable ascidian, Botryllus gregalis (Sluiter, 1898) (Cape Columbine to Durban) ^{[6] [4]}
• Meandering ascidian, Botryllus maeandrius (Sluiter, 1898) (Cape Peninsula to Mossel Bay) ^{[6] [4]}
• Golden star ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (Cape Columbine to Port St Johns (alien)) ^[6]
• Elephant's ears, Gynandrocarpa placenta (Herdman, 1886) (Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay) ^{[6] [4]}
• Angular ascidian, Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855) (Atlantic coast of Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) ^[3]

Cephalochordata – Lancelets

Main article: Cephalochordata

Family Branchiostomatidae

• Cape lancelet, Branchiostoma capense Gilchrist, 1902, (TMNP MPA). ^{[4] [316]}

Vertebrates

Main article: Vertebrate

Fishes

Main article: Fish

Agnatha – jawless fishes (cyclostomes)

Main article: Agnatha

Order Myxiniformes – hagfishes
Family: Myxinidae

• Sixgill hagfish or snotslang, Eptatretus hexatrema (Müller, 1834) (Walvis Bay to Durban) ^{[3] [317] [318]}
• Fivegill hagfish, Eptatretus profundus Barnard, 1923 (off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Cape hagfish, Myxine capensis Regan, 1913 (Cape of Good Hope) ^[317]

Gnathostomata – jawed fishes

Main article: Gnathostomata

Chondrichthyes – cartilaginous fishes

Main article: Chondrichthyes

Elasmobranchii – sharks and rays
Order Myliobatiformes – stingrays
Family Myliobatidae – eagle rays

• Manta, Manta birostris (Donndorff, 1798) (possibly circumtropical, from the Cape eastwards) ^[317]
• Eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [319] [320] [318]}
• Bull ray, Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817), also recorded as syn. Pteromylaeus bovinus (Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (south-western Cape to Zanzibar) ^{[317] [318]}

Order Rajiformes – rays, skates and guitarfish
Family Dasyatidae – stingrays

• Short-tail stingray, Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) recorded as syn. Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) (False Bay to Delagoa Bay) ^{[317] [319] [318]}
• Thorntail stingray, Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880), recorded as syn. Dasyatis thetidis Ogilby, 1899, (TMNP MPA). ^{[318] [321]}
• Blue stingray, Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith, 1828) (Central Angola to Delagoa Bay) ^{[3] [319] [318]} also recorded as Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892)
• Diamond ray, butterfly ray, Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911), (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Whiptail stingrays, Dasyatis spp. (TMNP MPA). ^[318]

Family Rajidae – skates

• Bathyraja smithii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Agulhas bank and west of Cape Town) ^[317]
• Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde and Swart, 1923) (off Western Cape province) ^[317]
• Cruriraja parcomaculata von Bonde and Swart, 1923 (Lüderitz to Durban) ^[317]
• Slimeskate, Dipturus pullopunctatus (Smith, 1964) recorded as syn. Raja pullopunctata Smith, 1964 (Lüderitz to Mozambique) ^{[317] [322]}
• African dwarf skate, Neoraja stehmanni (Hulley, 1972) (west of Cape Town to south of Agulhas Bank) ^[317]
• Munchkin skate, Rajella caudispinosa (von Bonde and Swart, 1923), recorded as syn.Raja caudaspinosa von Bonde and Swart, 1923 (Lüderitz to Cape Point) ^{[317] [323]}
• Thornback skate, Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 (Walvis Bay to Durban) ^[317]
• Twineye skate, brown ray, Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758 (False Bay to Durban) ^{[317] [324]}
• Smoothback skate, Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970), recorded as syn. Raja ravidula Hulley, 1970 (off Cape Town) ^{[317] [325]}
• Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) recorded as syn. Raja robertsi Hulley, 1970 (west of Cape Town) ^{[317] [326]}
• Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923) recorded as syn. Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923 (off west coast) ^{[317] [327]}
• Thornback skate, Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Twineye skate, brown ray, Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Biscuit skate or false thornback skate, spotted skate, Raja straeleni Poll, 1951 ^[328] (West Africa to East London) ^{[317] [318]}
• Blancmange skate, Leucoraja wallacei (Hulley, 1970) recorded as syn.Raja wallacei Hulley, 1970 (Cape to Limpopo river mouth) ^{[317] [329]}
• Bigthorn skate, Rajella barnardi (Norman, 1935), recorded as syn. Raja confundens Hulley, 1970 (West coast from 19°S to east of Cape Point) ^{[317] [330]}
• Ghost skate, Rajella dissimilis (Hulley, 1970) recorded as syn. Raja dissimilis Hulley, 1970 (west of Cape Town) ^[317]
• Leopard skate, Rajella leoparda (von Bonde & Swart, 1923), recorded as syn. Raja leopardus von Bonde and Swart, 1923 (west coast from 18°S to 35°S) ^{[317] [331]}
• Spearnose skate, bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803) (West Africa to Madagascar) ^{[317] [319] [318]} (syn. Raja alba or Raia alba Lacepède, 1803)

Family Rhinobatidae – guitarfish

• Lesser sandshark or lesser guitarfish, Acroteriobatus annulatus (Müller & Henle, 1841),recorded as syn. Rhinobatos annulatus Smith in Müller & Henle, 1841 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [317] [319] [318]}
• Bluntnose guitarfish, Rhinobatos blochii Müller & Henle, 1841 (Cape to Walvis Bay) ^[317]

Order Torpediniformes – electric rays
Family Narkidae

• Onefin electric ray, Cape sleeper ray, or torpedo ray, Narke capensis (Gmelin, 1789) (Atlantic coast of Cape Peninsula to Madagascar) ^{[317] [319] [318]}

Family Torpedinidae

• Blackspotted electric ray, blackspotted torpedo Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) ^{[3] [317] [318]}
• Marbled torpedo, Marbled electric ray , Torpedo marmorata Risso, 1810, (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Atlantic electric ray, Atlantic torpedo, Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835 (Western Cape coast to Algoa Bay) ^[317]
• Torpedo spp. ^[318]

Order Carcharhiniformes – ground sharks
Family Carcharhinidae – requiem sharks

• Copper shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (Namibia to Durban) ^{[317] [318]}
• Spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839), (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839), (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [317] [318]}
• Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827), (TMNP MPA). ^[318]
• Blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (off south-western Cape coast) ^{[317] [318]}

Family Scyliorhinidae – catsharks

• Smalleye catshark, Apristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) (Western Cape to Agulhas) ^[317]
• Saldanha catshark, Apristurus saldanha (Barnard 1925) (Saldanha Bay) ^[317]
• Tiger catshark, Halaelurus natalensis (Regan, 1904) (Saldanha Bay to Algoa Bay) ^{[3] [317] [318]}
• Puffadder shyshark or happy eddie, Haploblepharus edwardsii (Schinz, 1822) (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [319] [318]}
• Dark shyshark, dusky shyshark or skaamoog, Haploblepharus pictus (Müller & Henle, 1838) (Namibia to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [317] [319] [318]}
• Izak catshark, Holohalaelurus regani (Gilchrist, 1922) (south-western Cape to Zanzibar) ^[317]
• Pyjama catshark, pyjama shark, or striped catshark, Poroderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789) (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [319] [320] [318]}
• Leopard catshark, Poroderma pantherinum (Müller & Henle, 1838) (Cape Columbine to Durban) ^{[3] [319] [320] [318]}
• Yellowspotted catshark, Scyliorhinus capensis (Smith, 1838) (south-western Cape to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[317] [318]}

Family Sphyrnidae – hammerhead sharks

• Smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) (south Cape to southern Mozambique, occasionally on west coast. Warm temperate waters of both hemispheres) ^{[3] [317] [318]}

Family Triakidae – houndsharks

• Soupfin shark, tope, Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Angola to East London) ^{[317] [318]}
• Smooth-hound shark, Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[317] [320] [318]}
• Whitespotted smooth-hound, Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957 (Walvis Bay to Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [318]}
• Spotted gully shark, Triakis megalopterus (Smith, 1839) (Walvis Bay to East London) ^{[319] [318]}

Order Hexanchiformes – cow and frill sharks
Family Hexanchidae – cow sharks

• Sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (All oceans) ^[317]
• Bigeye sixgill shark, Hexanchus vitulus Springer and Waller, 1969 (Atlantic, south-west Indian Ocean) ^[317]
• Spotted sevengill cowshark or broadnose sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807) (Namibia to East London) ^{[317] [319] [318]}

Order Lamniformes – mackerel sharks
Family Alopiidae – thresher sharks

• Thintail thresher, Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (throughout SA waters, more common in southern part) ^{[317] [318]}

Family Cetorhinidae – basking sharks

• Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) (temperate waters of all oceans, a few records from south-western Cape) ^[317]

Family Lamnidae – mackerel sharks

• Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to Mozambique) ^{[3] [319] [332] [318]}
• Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (warm temperate and tropical waters of all oceans) ^{[317] [318]}
• Porbeagle, Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Temperate oceans, recorded from False Bay and possibly Knysna) ^[317]

Family Mitsukurinidae – goblin sharks

• Goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 (west of Cape Town, and off Transkei coast) ^[317]

Family Odontaspididae

• Ragged-tooth shark or spotted ragged-tooth shark, Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [317] [332] [318]} also reported as syn. Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Family Pseudocarchariidae – crocodile sharks

• Crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936) (once found near Cape Town) ^[317]

Order Orectolobiformes – carpet sharks
Family Rhincodontidae – whale sharks

• Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 (type specimen from Table Bay, normally northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[317] [320] [318]}

Order Pristiophoriformes – sawsharks
Family Pristiophoridae

• Sixgill sawshark, Pliotrema warreni Regan, 1906 (False Bay to southern Mozambique) ^{[317] [318]}

Order Squaliformes – dogfish sharks
Family Echinorhinidae – bramble sharks

• Bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Namibia to southern KwaZulu-Natal) ^[317]

Family Etmopteridae

• Southern lantern shark, Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880), (TMNP MPA). ^[318]

Family Squalidae – dogfishes

• Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Western Cape) ^[317]
• Leafscale gulper shark, Centrophorus squamosus Bonnaterre, 1788 (Western Cape and Algoa Bay) ^[317]
• Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825) (Western Cape) ^[317]
• Centroscymnus crepidater (Bocage and Capello, 1864) (Western Cape) ^[317]
• Deania calcea (Lowe, 1839) (Cape Point and Algoa Bay) ^[317]
• Deania profundorum (Smith and Radcliffe, 1912) (West coast and KwaZulu-Natal) ^[317]
• Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915) (northern Namibia to southern Mozambique) ^{[317] [333]}
• Short-tail lanternshark, Etmopterus brachyurus Smith and Radcliffe, 1912 (Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique) ^[317]
• Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) (Cape Point) ^[317]
• Etmopterus sp. (off south-western Cape Province, northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^[317]
• Euprotomicroides zantedeschia Hulley and Penrith, 1966 (west of Cape Town) ^[317]
• Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (all oceans) ^[317]
• Flatiron shark, Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Walvis Bay to Cape Town) ^[317]
• Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus (Schneider, 1801) (off Cape Columbine) ^[317]
• Spotted spiny dogfish, Spiny (Picked) dogfish Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 (south-western Cape to Port Elizabeth) ^{[317] [318]}
• Bluntnose spiny dogfish, Shortnose spurdog Squalus megalops (MacLeay, 1881) (Namibia to southern Mozambique) ^{[317] [318]}
• Longnose spiny dogfish, Squalus mitsukurii Jordan and Fowler, 1903 (Orange river to Beira) ^[317]
• Squalus spp. ^[318]

Holocephali – chimaeras

Main article: Chimaera

Order Chimaeriformes
Family Callorhinchidae – elephantfish

• St Joseph shark or elephant fish, Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865 (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [318]}

Family Chimaeridae – chimaeras

• Cape chimaera, Chimaera sp. (Lüderitz to Cape Point) ^[317]

Family Rhinochimaeridae – longnose chimaeras

• Harriotta raleighana Goode and Bean, 1895 (off Western Cape) ^[317]
• Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehman and Ebert, 1990 (west coast off Doring Bay and Cape Columbine, Natal coast off Kosi Bay) ^[317]
• Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt and Byrne, 1909 (Namibia to Plettenberg Bay) ^[317]

Class Actinopterygii – ray finned fishes

Main article: Actinopterygii

Order Acanthuriformes

Family: Chaetodontidae – butterflyfishes ^[334]

• Doublesash butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921 (Lamberts Bay to Maputo. Endemic) ^{[317] [335] [336]}

Family Luvaridae – louvar ^[337]

• Louvar, Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 (All oceans and Mediterranean sea, not reported in polar seas or near equator) ^[317]

Order: Acropomatiformes

Family: Champsodontidae – Gapers ^[338]

• Gaper, Champsodon capensis (Regan, 1908) (Cape of Good Hope to Durban) ^[317]

Family: Epigonidae – cardinal fishes (see also Apogonidae) ^[339]

• Pencil cardinal, Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (Walvis Bay to Cape Point) ^[317]
• Epigonus pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881) (Gulf of Guinea to Agulhas Bank) ^[317]
• Epigonus robustus (Barnard, 1927) (off west coast of South Africa) ^[317]
• Telescope cardinal, Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810) (Walvis Bay to Cape Town) ^[317]

Family: Howellidae – lanternbellies ^[340]

• Howella sherborni (Norman, 1930) (off Cape Town to Natal) ^{[317] [341]}

Family: Pentacerotidae – armourheads ^[342]

• Cape armourhead, Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829 (Port Nolloth to Southern Mozambique) ^[317]
• Pelagic armourhead, Pentaceros richardsoni , recorded as Pseudopentaceros (Smith, 1844) (Cape Town to Natal) ^[317]

Family: Polyprionidae – wreckfishes ^[343]

• Wreckfish, Polyprion americanus (Schneider, 1801) (Norway to South Africa) ^[317]

Family: Scombropidae – gnomefishes ^[344]

• Gnomefish, Scombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782) (Cape of Good Hope to Delagoa Bay) ^[317]

Order Anguilliformes – eels

Family Anguillidae – freshwater eels

• Madagascar mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 (Western Cape to Kenya) ^[317]
• Longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) (most waters from the Cape northwards) ^[317]

Family Congridae – conger eels

• Hairy conger, Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) (Cape Point) ^{[317] [345]}
• Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888) (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [346]}
• Cape conger, Conger wilsoni (Bloch and Schneider 1801) (Cape to southern Mozambique) ^[317]
• Southern conger, Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) (False Bay to Plettenberg Bay) ^{[317] [347]}
• Strap conger, Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848) (southern Cape to East London) ^[317]

Family Derichthyidae – longneck eels

• Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884 (west of Cape Town; worldwide) ^[317]
• Duckbill oceanic eel, spoonbill eel, Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (Schmidt, 1912) (off the Cape, also worldwide) ^{[317] [348]}

Family Nemichthyidae – snipe eels

• Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) (offshore Cape to Natal) ^{[317] [349]}
• Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (off the Cape) ^[317]
• Slender snipe-eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Richardson, 1848) (off the Cape to Natal) ^{[317] [350]}

Family: Nettastomatidae – witch eels

• Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888) (off the Cape) ^{[317] [351]}

Family Ophichthidae – snake-eels and worm-eels

• Slender snake-eel, Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917. syn. Ophichthus bennettai (Cape Province west coast) ^{[317] [352]}

Family Serrivomeridae – sawtooth eels

• Stout sawpalate, Serrivomer beanii Gill and Ryder, 1883 (off Cape and Natal) ^{[317] [353]}

Family Synaphobranchidae – cutthroat eels

• Basketwork eel, Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [354]}
• Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1892 (off the Cape) ^[317]
• Snubnose eel, Simenchelys parasitica Gill, 1879 (off the Cape) ^{[317] [355]}
• Northern cutthroat eel, slatjaw cutthroat eel, Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862 (off the Cape) ^{[317] [356]}

Order Ateleopodiformes

Family Ateleopodidae – tadpole fishes

• Ateleopus natalensis Regan, 1921 (Cape to Red Sea) ^[317]
• Guentherus altivela Osorio, 1917 (West coast of Africa from Cabo Blanco to the Cape) ^[317]
• Ijimaia loppei Roule, 1922 (Morocco to Cape Peninsula) ^[317]

Order Atheriniformes

Family Atherinidae – silversides

• Cape silverside, Atherina breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 (Lüderitz to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [336]}

Order Aulopiformes

Family Alepisauridae – lancetfishes

• Longsnout lancetfish, Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 (Walvis Bay to Sodwana Bay; in all major oceans) ^{[317] [357]}

Family Bathysauropsidae

• Bathysauropsis gracilis (Günther, 1878) (off Cape Point; circumglobal in southern oceans) ^{[317] [358]}

Family Chlorophthalmidae – greeneyes

• Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904 (both coasts of South Africa) ^{[317] [359]}

Family Evermannellidae – sabretooth fishes

• Coccorella atlantica (Parr, 1928) (central water areas of all 3 major oceans; off western and south-western Cape coast, 1 specimen from 31°34'S, 30°09'E) ^{[317] [360]}

Family Ipnopidae

• Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906 (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [361]}
• Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928 (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [362]}
• Ipnops agassizii Garman, 1899 (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [363]}

Family Notosudidae – notosudids

• Scopelosaurus ahlstromi Bertelsen, Krefft and Marshall, 1976 (all 3 oceans from about 32° to 45°S) ^{[317] [364]}
• Scopelosaurus hamiltoni (Waite, 1916) (southern oceans from about 30° to 60°S) ^{[317] [365]}
• Scopelosaurus herwigi Bertelson, Kreft and Marshall, 1976 (slope areas of Southern Africa) ^{[317] [366]}
• Scopelosaurus meadi Bertelson, Krefft and Marshall, 1976 (from about 19° to 43°S) ^{[317] [367]}

Family Paralepididae – barracudinas

• Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) (worldwide in tropical to temperate waters) ^{[317] [368]}
• Macroparalepis affinis Ege, 1933 (anti-tropical in Atlantic Ocean) ^{[317] [369]}
• Magnisudis prionosa (Rofen, 1963) (circumglobal in southern oceans from 20°S to Antarctic) ^{[317] [370]}
• Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840) (syn, Notolepis rissoi) (worldwide in temperate and tropical waters) ^{[317] [371]}
• Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810 (Atlantic Ocean from 50°N to South Africa) ^{[317] [372]}

Family Scopelarchidae – pearleyes

• Benthalbella infans Zugmayer, 1911 (off south-western Cape; tropical/subtropical in all 3 major oceans) ^{[317] [373]}
• Lagiacrusichthys macropinnis (Bussing & Bussing, 1966) recorded as syn. Benthalbella macropinna Bussing and Bussing, 1966 (off south-western Cape coast; circumpolar in subantarctic and Antarctic waters) ^{[317] [374] [375]}
• Scopelarchus analis (Brauer, 1902) (common off southern Africa; tropical/subtropical all oceans) ^{[317] [376]}

Family Synodontidae

• Snakefish, Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801), (TMNP MPA). ^{[336] [377]}

Order Batrachoidiformes

Family Batrachoididae – toadfishes

• Snakehead toadfish, Batrichthys apiatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Saldanha Bay to Umtata River, Transkei) ^{[3] [336]}
• Pleated toadfish, Chatrabus felinus (Smith, 1952). syn. Batrichthys felinus (Cape to Port Alfred) ^{[317] [378] [336]}

Order Beloniformes

Family Exocoetidae – flyingfishes

• Smallhead flyingfish, Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) also recorded as syn. Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus altipinnis (Valenciennes, 1846) (Cape to Kosi Bay)) ^{[317] [379] [336]}
• Subtropical flyingfish, Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1846) (widely distributed in subtropical waters of all oceans, common off the Cape) ^[317]
• Mirrorwing flyingfish, Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1846) (worldwide in tropical waters, one juvenile from Mbibi, Zululand, another from False Bay) ^[317]

Family Hemiramphidae – halfbeaks

• Ribbon halfbeak, Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823) (reported from Table Bay, also known from Algoa Bay and Kei River mouth, tropical and temperate waters of Indo-Pacific) ^[317]
• Cape halfbeak, Hyporhamphus capensis (Thominot, 1886) (False Bay to southern Mozambique)) ^{[3] [317]}

Family Belonidae – needlefishes

• Cape needlefish, Petalichthys capensis Regan, 1904 (False Bay to Pondoland) ^[317]

Family Scomberesocidae – sauries

• Dwarf saury, Scomberesox simulans (Hubbs & Wisner, 1980), recorded as syn. Nanichthys simulans Hubbs and Wisner, 1980 (off the Cape up the west coast, warm temperate waters of the Atlantic and southern Indian oceans) ^[317]

Order Beryciformes

Family Berycidae – berycids

• Beryx, Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829 (Saldanha Bay to Natal) ^[317]
• Slender beryx, Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834 (Saldanha Bay to Natal) ^[317]
• Short alfonsino, Centroberyx spinosus (Gilchrist, 1903) (False Bay and Storms River to Durban) ^[317]

Family Monocentridae – pineapple fishes

• Pineapple fish, Japanese pineapple fish, Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782) (Indo-West Pacific and Red Sea south to Mossel Bay) ^[317] (Recorded from False Bay on at least two occasions) ^{[319] [336]}

Family Trachichthyidae – slimeheads

• Gephyroberyx darwinii (Johnson, 1866) (all round South African coast) ^[317]
• Orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1896 (From Iceland to Morocco and Walvis Bay to off Durban) ^[317]
• Black slimehead, Hoplostethus cadenati Quero, 1974 (West coast of Africa from 36°N – 26°S, and off Transkei) ^[317]
• Silver roughy, Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 (Namibia to Natal) ^[317]
• Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913) (Indo-West pacific from Indonesia to Natal, also off Namibia and Cape Town) ^[317]

Order Blenniiformes

Family Blenniidae – blennies

• Looseskin blenny, Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836) (Saldanha Bay to East London) ^[317]
• Two-eyed blenny, Chalaroderma ocellata (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1908) ((Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth) ^{[317] [336]}
• Horned blenny, Parablennius cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern Namibia to Sodwana Bay, Endemic) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Piano blenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) (Indo-Pacific south to False Bay) ^[317]
• Maned blenny, Scartella emarginata (Günther, 1861) (Southern Angola to India) ^{[3] [317]}
• Japanese snakeblenny, Xiphasia matsubarai Okada & Suzuki, 1952 (Western Indian Ocean south to False Bay) ^[317]
• Snakeblenny, Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839 (Red Sea to False Bay) ^[317]

Family Clinidae – klipfishes

• Lace klipfish, Blennioclinus brachycephalus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Melkbosstrand to Kei River) ^{[317] [336]}
• Snaky klipfish, Blennophis anguillaris (Valenciennes, 1836) (Lüderitz Bay to East London) ^{[317] [336]}
• Striped klipfish, Blennophis striatus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Saldanha Bay to East London) ^{[317] [336]}
• Slender platanna-klipfish, Cancelloxus burrelli Smith, 1961 (Orange River to Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Elongated sand klipfish, Cancelloxus longior Prochazka & Griffiths, 1991 (Both sides of the peninsula) ^{[258] [336]}
• Barbelled klipfish, Cirrhibarbis capensis Valenciennes, 1836 (Lamberts Bay to East London) ^{[317] [336]}
• Fleet klipfish, Climacoporus navalis Barnard, 1935 (Still Bay to Port St. Johns. Once from False Bay) ^[317]
• Ladder klipfish, Clinoporus biporosus (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1908) (Saldanha Bay to False Bay) ^[317]
• Sad klipfish, Clinus acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Lüderitz Bay to west of Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Agile klipfish, Clinus agilis Smith, 1931 (Namibia (20°49'S) to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Clinus arborescens Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908, previously reported as C. supeciliosus (part of complex)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Onrust klipfish, Clinus berrisfordi Penrith, 1967 (Weedy areas of False Bay to Skoenmakerskop, just west of Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Cape klipfish, Clinus brevicristatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Lamberts Bay to False Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Bluntnose klipfish, Clinus cottoides Valenciennes, 1836 (Olifants River (Western Cape) to Kei River) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• West coast klipfish, Clinus heterodon Valenciennes, 1836 (Orange River to Cape Agulhas) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• False Bay klipfish, Clinus latipennis Valenciennes, 1836 (Table Bay to Cape Agulhas) ^{[317] [336]}
• Mosaic klipfish, Clinus musaicus Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Chinese klipfish, Clinus nematopterus Günther, 1861 (False Bay and Algoa Bay) ^[317]
• Ornate klipfish, Clinus ornatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908, (TMNP MPA), ^[336] also previously recorded in C. superciliosus complex.
• Robust klipfish, Clinus robustus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Cape of Good Hope to East London) ^{[317] [336]}
• Kelp klipfish, Clinus rotundifrons Barnard, 1937 (Lüderitz Bay to Cape of Good Hope) ^{[317] [336]}
• Super klipfish or highfin klipfish, Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia (18°59'S) to Kei River) ^{[3] [317] [336]} now recognised as a complex containing C. superciliosus, C. ornatus, C. arborescens, C. musaicus and C. exasperatus.
• Bull klipfish, Clinus taurus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Möwe Point (Namibia) to Port Alfred) ^{[317] [336]}
• Speckled klipfish, Clinus venustris Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (Orange River to East London) ^[3] (Lüderitz Bay to Port Alfred) ^{[317] [336]}
• Mousey klipfish, Fucomimus mus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (False Bay to Coffee Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Nosestripe klipfish, Muraenoclinus dorsalis (Bleeker, 1860) (Orange River to Durban) ^[3] (Lüderitz Bay to southern Natal) ^{[317] [336]}
• Bluespotted klipfish, Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus Zsilavecz, 2001, (TMNP MPA). ^{[336] [380]}
• Grass klipfish, Pavoclinus graminis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (False Bay to Inhambane) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Slinky klipfish, Pavoclinus litorafontis Penrith, 1965 (False Bay; Strandfontein and Onrust River mouth) ^[317]
• Peacock klipfish, Pavoclinus pavo (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Lüderitz Bay to Kei River) ^{[317] [336]}
• Deepwater klipfish, Pavoclinus profundus Smith, 1961 (Cape Peninsula, off Knysna to Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Deep reef klipfish, Pavoclinus smalei Heemstra & Wright, 1986 (False Bay, off Storms River mouth) ^{[317] [336]}
• Leafy klipfish, Smithichthys fucorum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Cape Point to Bashee River) ^{[317] [336]}
• Platanna klipfish, Xenopoclinus kochi Smith, 1948 (Lamberts Bay to Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Leprous platanna klipfish, Xenopoclinus leprosus Smith, 1961 Orange River mouth to Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}

Family Tripterygiidae – threefin blennies or triplefins

• Cape triplefin, Cremnochorites capensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (False Bay to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [317] [336]}

Order Callionymiformes

Family Callionymidae – dragonets ^[381]

• Sand dragonet, Callionymus marleyi Regan, 1919 (Cape of Good Hope eastward to Persian Gulf) ^[317]
• Ladder dragonet, Paracallionymus costatus (Boulenger, 1898) (Lüderitz Bay to Inhaca) ^[317]

Order Carangiformes

Family: Carangidae – kingfishes

• Leervis or garrick, Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean sea south along west coast of Africa and around Cape to Delagoa Bay) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• White kingfish, white trevally Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Durban southwards, anti-tropical on both sides of Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indo-West Pacific) ^[317]
• Giant yellowtail, yellowtail amberjack, Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (Most common on Atlantic Cape waters, but follows the pilchard migration to Transkei and Natal. Circumglobal in subtropical waters) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Southern pompano, Trachinotus africanus Smith, 1967, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Cape horse mackerel, Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Maasbanker, Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Norway south and round the Cape of Good Hope to Delagoa Bay ^{[335] [336]}

Family: Coryphaenidae – dolphinfish or dorades

• Dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus,1758 (all tropical and subtropical waters to 35°S) ^{[317] [382]}

Family: Echeneidae – remoras ^[383]

• Shark remora, Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Mozambique) ^[335] (all warm waters except eastern Pacific) ^{[317] [336]}
• Whale remora, Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) (Worldwide, pelagic: found only on cetaceans) ^[317]
• Spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) (Worldwide, prefers billfishes) ^[317]
• Remora, Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Worldwide, prefers sharks) ^[317]
• White remora, Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Worldwide, prefers Manta rays)

Family: Istiophoridae – sailfish, spearfishes and marlins ^[384]

• Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Black marlin, Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832) (Primarily Indo-Pacific to off Cape of Good Hope) ^[317]
• Blue marlin, Makaira nigricans (Lacepèede, 1802) (Worldwide in all oceans) ^[317]
• White marlin, Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1861 (Atlantic Ocean) ^[317]
• Shortbill spearfish, Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1914 (Off Cape Point and Durban northwards throughout Indo-Pacific) ^[317]
• Striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887) (Primarily Indo-Pacific, but have been caught off Cape Town) ^[317]
• Longbill spearfish, Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins & de Sylva, 1963 (Apparently restricted to the Atlantic Ocean) ^[317]

Family: Rachycentridae – cobia ^[385]

• Prodigal son, Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) (Warm waters of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, occasionally reaching False Bay) ^[317]

Family: Xiphiidae – Swordfishes ^[386]

• Swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Natal) ^[317]

Order Centrarchiformes

Family: Cheilodactylidae – fingerfins ^[387]

• Redfingers, Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803 (Kunene river, Namibia to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Barred fingerfin, Cheilodactylus pixi Smith, 1980 (Knysna to Coffee Bay) ^{[317] [335]} (False Bay to Coffee Bay) ^{[14] [336]}
• Twotone fingerfin, Chirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier, 1830) (Walvis Bay to Delagoa Bay) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Bank steenbras, Chirodactylus grandis (Günther, 1860) (Walvis Bay to possibly Natal) ^{[317] [335] [336]}

Family: Dichistiidae – galjoens

• Galjoen, Dichistius capensis (Cuvier, 1831) (Southern Angola to Sodwana Bay) ^{[317] [335]} (syn. Coracinus capensis) ^[336]
• Banded galjoen. Dichistius multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family: Kyphosidae – sea chubs ^[388]

• Grey chub, brown chub, Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 (Red Sea to Cape Point) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Stonebream, Neoscorpis lithophilus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (False Bay to southern Mozambique) ^{[317] [335] [336]}

Family: Oplegnathidae – knifejaws ^[389]

• Cape knifejaw, Oplegnathus conwayi Richardson, 1840 (False Bay to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}

Family: Parascorpididae – jutjaw

• Jutjaw, Parascorpis typus Bleeker, 1875 (Known only from False Bay to Maputo) ^{[317] [336]}

Order Clupeiformes

Family Clupeidae – herrings, sardines and pilchards

• Round sardinelle, Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 (Walvis Bay to Saldanha Bay) ^{[317] [390]}
• Pilchard or sardine, Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) (Namibia to Mozambique) ^{[3] [317] [391]} also reported as syn. Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1853). ^[336]

Family Dussumieriidae

• Roundherring, Etrumeus whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983 (Walvis Bay to KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [392]}

Family Ehiravidae

• Estuarine roundherring, Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1913), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family Engraulidae – anchovies

• European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Cape anchovy, Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Walvis Bay to Mozambique and Indo-Pacific) ^{[3] [317] [393]}

Order Elopiformes

Family Elopidae – ladyfishes

• Atlantic ladyfish, Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1846 (Atlantic coast to 23°S) ^[317]

Order Eupercaria incertae sedis

Family: Callanthiidae – goldies

• Goldie, Callanthias legras Smith, 1947 (Dassen Island (Western Cape) to Natal) ^[317]

Family: Emmelichthyidae – rovers ^[394]

• Southern rover, Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus Richardson 1845 (occasionally taken off western Cape coast) ^[317]

Family: Haemulidae – rubberlips and grunters ^[395]

• Spotted grunter, Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801) (False Bay to India) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Olive grunt, piggy, Pomadasys olivaceus (Day, 1875), (TMNP MPA). ^[336] (Tropical and temperate Indian Ocean from False Bay to Oman and Somalia) ^[396]

Family: Malacanthidae – tilefishes ^[397]

• Forktail tilefish, Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (Günther, 1887) (Postlarvae collected off Cape Peninsula; India and Western Pacific) ^[317]

Family: Monodactylidae – moonies ^[398]

• Cape moony, Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801 (Red Sea to False Bay) ^{[317] [335]}

Family: Sciaenidae – kobs ^[399]

• Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Kob, giant kob or kabeljou, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Namibia to Natal) ^{[317] [335]} previously misidentified as Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) ^[317]
• Geelbek, African weakfish, Cape salmon, Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830) (Angola to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Baardman or belman, Canary drum, Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 (Morocco to the Cape of Good Hope through to Pakistan) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Slender baardman, Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843, also reported as syn. Umbrina robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family: Sparidae – seabreams

• Carpenter, Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Fransmadam, Karel grootoog, Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Santer, Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Dageraad, Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Red stumpnose or Miss Lucy, Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to East London) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Roman, Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to southern KwaZulu-Natal) ^[335] (Cape to Mauritius) ^{[317] [336]}
• Poenskop or black musselcracker, Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861) (Cape Columbine to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Blacktail, Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844) (Angola to Madagascar) ^{[317] [335]} also recorded as syn. Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844). ^[336]
• Zebra, Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844), also recorded as syn. Diplodus cervinus hottentotus (Smith, 1844) (Cape Point to Sodwana Bay) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Janbruin, John Brown, Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859 (Cape Point to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• West coast steenbras, Lithognathus aureti Smith, 1962 (West coast; Cape Town to Angola) ^{[317] [335]}
• White steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) (Orange River to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Sand steenbras, striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope and round to Mozambique) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Blue hottentot, Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Cape Point to Sodwana Bay) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Hottentot, Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830) (Angola to Cape Agulhas) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Bronze bream, Pachymetopon grande Günther, 1859, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Red steenbras, Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Seventy-four seabream, Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Panga, Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830) (Cape Point to Transkei) ^[335] (Cape to Beira) ^{[317] [336]}
• White stumpnose, Rhabdosargus globiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) (Namibia to East London) ^[335] (Angola to Natal) ^{[317] [336]}
• Cape stumpnose, Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Strepie, karanteen, Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cape Columbine to Maputo) ^[335] (Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic round South Africa to southern Mozambique) ^{[317] [336]}
• Musselcracker, Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861) (Cape Columbine to Durban) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Windtoy, Spicara axillare (Boulanger, 1900) (Known only from Cape Town to Natal) ^{[317] [400]}
• Steentjie, Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes, 1830) (Saldanha Bay to Durban) ^{[335] [336]}

Order Gadiformes

Family: Bregmacerotidae – codlets

• Antenna codlet, Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode and Bean, 1886 (off south Cape and Natal coasts; circumtropical) ^{[317] [401]}
• Spotted codlet, Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson, 1840 (from Cape eastwards; circumtropical but not known from east Pacific) ^{[317] [402]}
• Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941 (Cape eastwards to tropical Indo-West Pacific; Tropical eastern Atlantic) ^[317]

Family Gadidae – cods

• Cape rockling, Gaidropsarus capensis (Kaup, 1858) (Cape Town to East London) ^[317]
• Comb rockling, Gaidropsaris insularum Sivertsen, 1945 (Cape Peninsula and West coast) ^[317]

Family Macrouridae – grenadiers

• Bathygadus favosus Goode and Bean, 1886 (off Cape Town) ^[317]
• Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant, 1888 (Table Bay and Natal coast. Unverified, specimens missing) ^[317]
• Surgeon grenadier, Coelorhinchus acanthiger Barnard, 1925 (off Namibia to Cape Point) ^{[317] [403]}
• Shovelnose grenadier, Coelorhinchus braueri Barnard, 1925 (Saldanha and Table Bay, Cape Point, East London; Angola to Mozambique) ^{[317] [404]}
• Abyssal grenadier, armoured rat-tail, russet grenadier, smoothscale rattail, Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875) (abyssal, all oceans except Arctic. One Atlantic record off South Africa) ^{[317] [405]}
• Coryphaenoides striaturus Barnard, 1925 (off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Gadomus capensis , (Gilchrist and von Bonde, 1924) (Table Bay to Mozambique) ^[317]
• Kuronezumia leonis (Barnard, 1925), syn. Nezumia leonis (off Cape Point, Namibia, southwestern Atlantic) ^{[317] [406]}
• Softhead grenadier, softhead rat-tail, Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843) (off South Africa; widespread in Atlantic and Indian oceans) ^{[317] [407]}
• Nezumia brevibarbata (Barnard, 1925) (Cape Point; known only off the Cape, where it is common) ^[317]
• Roughsnout grenadier, roughsnout rat-tail, Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Namibia, west coast of South Africa; eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean sea) ^{[317] [408]}

Family Melanonidae – melanonids

• Pelagic cod, Melanonus gracilis Günther, 1878 (circum-Antarctic south of Subtropical convergence; off Cape Peninsula) ^{[317] [409]}

Family Merlucciidae – hakes

• Lyconodes argenteus (Gilchrist, 1922) (west of Cape of Good Hope) ^[317]
• Cape hake, shallow water hake, stockfish, South African whiting, Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 (Namibia to East London) ^{[3] [410] [336]}
• Deep water hake, deep-water Cape hake, Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 (Cape Frio to East London) ^{[3] [411]}

Family Moridae – deepsea cods

• Blackcod, blue antimora, blue hake, Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878) (locally abundant, found in most oceans) ^{[3] [412]}
• Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906), syn. Laemonema globiceps (off south-western Cape coast) ^{[3] [413]}
• Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922 (Cape to East London) ^[3]
• Physiculus capensis Gilchrist, 1922 (Cape Peninsula to East London) ^[3]
• Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902 (upper slope off the Cape and Durban) ^[3]

Order Gobiesociformes

Family Gobiesocidae – clingfishes ^[414]

• Chubby clingfish, Apletodon pellegrini (Chabanaud, 1925) (Senegal (west Africa) to Port Alfred) ^{[317] [336]}
• Rocksucker, Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769) (Port Nolloth to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Bigeye clingfish, Diplecogaster megalops Briggs, 1955 (False Bay to Durban) ^[317]
• Weedsucker, Eckloniaichthys scylliorhiniceps Smith, 1943 (Lüderitz to Kei River mouth) ^{[317] [336]}

Order Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae – gobies ^[415]

Subfamily Gobiinae

• Agulhas goby, Caffrogobius agulhensis (Barnard, 1927) (False Bay to East London) ^[317]
• Banded goby, Caffrogobius caffer (Günther, 1874) (Natal to False Bay) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Prison goby, Caffrogobius gilchristi (Boulenger, 1898) (Table Bay to Mozambique Island) ^{[3] [317]} (syn. Caffrogobius multifasciatus)
• Barehead goby, Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes, 1827) (Walvis Bay to East London) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Commafin goby, Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927) (Saldanha Bay to southern Transkei) ^[317]
• Knysna sandgoby, Psammogobius knysnaensis Smith, 1935 (Port Nolloth to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Pelagic goby, Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde, 1923) (Port Nolloth to Saldanha Bay) ^[317]

Order Gonorynchiformes

Family Gonorynchidae – beaked sandfish

• Beaked sandfish, Gonorynchus gonorynchus (Linnaeus 1766) (Cape of Good Hope) ^{[317] [319] [336]}

Order Lampriformes

Family Lampridae – opahs

• Spotted opah, Jerusalem haddock, moonfish, Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) (all oceans but not in polar waters, occurs throughout South African waters, usually well offshore) ^{[317] [416]}
• Southern opah, Lampris immaculatus Gilchrist, 1904 (circumglobal south of 30°S) ^[317]

Family Lophotidae – crestfishes

• Unicorn crestfish, Eumecichthys fiski (Günther, 1890) (1 specimen, Kalk Bay in False Bay) ^[317]
• Crestfish, Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 (Cape to Plettenberg Bay, rare but widely distributed in all oceans) ^[317]

Family Radiicephalidae – tapertails

• Tapertail, Radiicephalus elongatus Osorio, 1917 (70 miles SW of Cape Point) ^[317]

Family Regalecidae – oarfishes

• Streamer fish, Agrostichthys parkeri (Benham 1904) (southeast Atlantic, New Zealand and Tasmania) ^{[317] [417]}
• Oarfish, Regalecus glesne Ascanius, 1772 (worldwide distribution) ^[317]

Family Trachipteridae – ribbonfishes

• Polka-dot ribbonfish, Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1897) (1 juvenile washed ashore at Xora river and 1 found at Simon's Town, False Bay) ^[317]
• Blacktail ribbonfish, Trachipterus jacksonensis (Ramsay, 1881) (East London and off Cape Town) ^[317]
• Peregrine ribbonfish, Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789) (off Table Bay) ^[317]
• Taper tail ribbonfish, Zu elongatus (Heemstra and Kannemeyer, 1984) (4 specimens trawled off the western Cape coast) ^[317]

Family Ceratiidae – seadevils

• Deepsea angler, twoclub angler, Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845 (single specimen off Cape Town at 34°12'S, 16°35'E; nearly cosmopolitan in the world's oceans) ^{[317] [418]}
• Ceratias tentaculatus (Norman, 1930) (off Saldanha Bay, off southern Natal, off Delagoa Bay and throughout southern oceans) ^[317]
• Triplewart seadevil, Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883 (off Cape of Good Hope, all major oceans) ^{[317] [419]}

Family Himantolophidae – footballfish

• Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837 (all major oceans) ^{[317] [420]}

Family Melanocetidae – devil-anglers

• Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864 (off all coasts of South Africa; all major oceans) ^[317]

Order Lophiiformes

Family Antennariidae – anglers

• Sargassum fish, Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cape Point to Mozambique) ^{[3] [317] [336]}

Family Lophiidae – monks ^[421]

• Blackmouth angler, Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797) (Indo-West Pacific south to False Bay) ^{[317] [422]}
• Monkfish, devil anglerfish, Lophius vomerinus (Valenciennes, 1837), syn. Lophius upsicephalus (off Cape of Good Hope; eastern South Atlantic and south western Indian Ocean off South Africa; Bay of Bengal off Burma) ^{[317] [423]} also recorded as Lophius sp. ^[336]

Order Mugiliformes

Family Mugilidae ^[424]

• Groovy mullet, Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Harder, Chelon richardsonii (Smith, 1846), also recorded as syn. Liza richardsonii (Smith, 1846), (TMNP MPA). ^{[336] [425]}
• Striped mullet, Chelon tricuspidens (Smith, 1935), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Order Myctophiformes

Family Myctophidae – lanternfishes

• Bolinichthys supralateralis (Parr, 1928) (off Cape Peninsula and in Agulgas current; Atlantic (40°N – 02°S and 32° to 40°S); Indian Ocean (21° – 30°S); west coast of Australia and near Hawaii) ^[317]
• Diaphus effulgens (Goode and Bean, 1896) (off all SA coasts) ^[317]
• Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 (off all SA coasts, broadly tropical distribution in all major oceans) ^[317]
• Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930 (over west coast continental shelf/slope southward to 24°S. Amphitropical species in Atlantic (western sector); tropical waters to 42°N; eastern sector: southward from Mauretanian upwelling region to South African region) ^[317]
• Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829) (off east and west coasts of South Africa. Widespread in Atlantic (55°N – 40°S), Mediterranean, Indian Ocean (0° – 40°S), Tasman sea and Cook Strait, and eastern Pacific (42°N – 20°S)) ^[317]
• Gonichthys barnesi Whitley, 1943 (off east and west coasts, south of 30°S. Convergence species in all 3 oceans (30° – 40°S)) ^[317]
• Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905) (circumglobal between Subtropical convergence and Antarctica) ^[317]
• Hygophum hanseni (Tåning, 1932) (from 30°S on west coast to 33°S on east coast. Convergence species (30° to 43°S) in all 3 oceans) ^[317]
• Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892) (west of Cape Peninsula and off east coast (25° – 37°S)) ^[317]
• Hygophum proximum Bekker, 1965) (south to about 37°S in Agulhas current; Indian Ocean (25°N – 10°S)) ^[317]
• Lampadena notialis Nafpaktitis and Paxton, 1968 (Off east coast and Cape Peninsula; convergence species in all 3 oceans) ^[317]
• Mirror lampfish, mirror lanternfish, Lampadena speculigera Goode and Bean, 1896 (off west and southeast coasts. Atlantic (66° – 35°N and 35° – 45°S), Indian Ocean (30° to 45°S) and Pacific Ocean (30° – 45°S)) ^{[317] [426]}
• Hector's lanternfish, Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther, 1876), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Lampanyctus alatus Goode and Bean, 1896 (off all South African coasts; Atlantic (46°N – 38°S), Indian Ocean (0° – 39°S) ^[317]
• Southern lanternfish, Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932 (off all South African coasts; circumglobal convergence species (33° – 43°S with northern extension to about 27°S in eastern boundary currents)) ^{[317] [427]}
• Lampanyctus festivus Tåning, 1928 (off all South African coasts. Atlantic(53° – 18°N and 28° – 40°S with northern extension to 12°S in Benguela current and Indo-West Pacific.) ^[317]
• Lampanyctus lepidolychnus Bekker, 1967 (off all South African coasts, circumglobal convergence species (23° – 48°S)) ^[317]
• Rakery beaconlamp, Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode and Bean, 1896) (west of Cape Peninsula, circumglobal between subtropical convergence and Antarctic polar front) ^{[317] [428]}
• Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson, 1890) (off all South African coasts. Bisubtropical species in all major oceans) ^[317]
• Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904) (off Cape Peninsula, circumglobal convergence species (32° – 48°S) with extensions into lower latitudes in eastern boundary currents) ^[317]
• Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911) (off all South African coasts. Mediterranean, Atlantic (50°N – 40°S), Indian Ocean (23° – 38°S), Tasman sea and south Pacific(region of subtropical convergence)) ^[317]
• Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco, 1838) (off all South African coasts, worldwide in tropical/subtropical waters) ^[317]
• Metelectrona ventralis (Bekker, 1063) (west of Cape Peninsula in southern Benguela upwelling region; circumglobal subantarctic species (36°-51°S)) ^[317]
• Myctophum phengodes (Lütken, 1892) (off all South African coasts) ^[317]
• Myctophum selenops Tåning, 1928 (west of Cape peninsula in Agulhas water pockets) ^[317]
• Nannobrachium atrum (Tåning, 1928), syn. Lampanyctus ater (off all South African coasts; Atlantic (58° – 17°N and 15° – 40°S) and Indian Ocean (12° – 44°S)) ^{[317] [429]}
• Notolychnus valdiviae (Brauer, 1904) (off all South African coasts) ^[317]
• Patchwork lampfish, Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845) (off all South African coasts) ^{[317] [430]}
• Protomyctophum normani Tåning, 1932 (once west of Slangkop lighthouse; circumglobal convergence species (36° – 43°S)) ^[317]
• Scopelopsis multipunctatus Brauer, 1906 (off all South African coasts) ^[317]
• Symbolophorus barnardi (Tåning, 1932) (off all South African coasts) ^[317]

Order Notacanthiformes

Family Halosauridae – halosaurs

• Gilbert's halosaurid, Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877) (both coasts of SA; cicumglobal tropical and temperate) ^{[317] [431]}
• Hawaiian halosaurid, Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888) (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [432]}
• Abyssal halosaur, Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther, 1878) (off Cape Point) ^{[317] [433]}
• Halosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1863 (off Cape Point to Walvis Bay) ^[317]

Family Notacanthidae – spiny eels

• Notacanthus sexspinis Richardson, 1846 (Walvis Bay to Durban) ^[317]
• Polyacanthonotus africanus (Gilchrist and von Bonde, 1924) (off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Shortspine tapirfish, Polyacanthonotus rissoanus (De Filippi & Verany, 1857) (off Cape Point to Table Bay) ^{[317] [434]}

Order Ophidiiformes

Family Aphyonidae – aphyonids

• Barathronus bicolor ? Goode and Bean, 1886 (off Cape Point, specimen lost, identification dubious) ^[317]

Family Bythitidae – bythitids or brotulas

• Megacataetyx niki (Cohen, 1981), recorded as Cataetyx niki Cohen, 1981 (2 specimens from off the Cape) ^{[317] [435]}
• Lesser orange brotula, Dermatopsoides talboti Cohen, 1966 (Saldanha Bay to Algoa Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Bighead brotula, Grammonus opisthodon Smith, 1934, recorded as syn. Grammonoides opisthodon (Smith, 1934), (TMNP MPA). ^{[336] [436]}

Family Ophidiidae – cuskeels

• Slender brotula, Dicrolene multifilis (Alcock, 1889) (off Table Bay and east coast of South Africa) ^{[317] [437]}
• Kingklip, Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847) (Walvis Bay to Algoa Bay) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Penopus microphthalmus (Vaillant, 1888) (one specimen off the Cape) ^[317]
• Slender cuskeel, Porogadus miles Goode and Bean, 1886 (one specimen off the Cape; relatively common both sides of the Atlantic; also recorded from Indian Ocean) ^{[317] [438]}
• Barbed brotula, Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist, 1903 (Angola to Mozambique) ^{[317] [439]}

Order Osmeriformes

Family Alepocephalidae – slickheads

• Alepocephalus australis Barnard 1923 (off Cape Point; apparently widely distributed in temperate waters of southern hemisphere) ^[317]
• Atlantic gymnast, English bluntsnout smoothhead, Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884) (common off South Africa) ^{[317] [440]}

Family Opisthoproctidae – barreleyes

• Rhynchohyalus natalensis (Gilchrist and von Bonde, 1924) (off Cape Town to Bermuda) ^[317]

Family Microstomatidae

• Nansenia macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1922) (west of Cape Peninsula; off Natal) ^[317]

Family Bathylagidae

• Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929) recorded as syn. Bathylagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929) (off Cape Town, throughout tropical and subtropical seas) ^{[317] [441]}

Order Ovalentaria incertae sedis

Family: Pseudochromidae – dottybacks Subfamily: Congrogadinae – snakelets

• Snakelet, Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 (Cape Columbine to Transkei) ^[335] (False Bay to Coffee Bay) ^[317] (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Order Perciformes

Suborder: Cottoidei ^[442]

Family: Psychrolutidae – fatheads

• Cottunculus spinosus , Gilchrist, 1906 (off Cape Point) ^[317]

Family: Liparidae – snailfishes

• Careproctus albescens Barnard, 1927 (off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Paraliparis australis Gilchrist, 1904 (off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Paraliparis copei Goode & Bean, 1896 (Northwest Atlantic, Azores and South Africa. off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Psednos micrurus Barnard, 1927 recorded as Paraliparis micruris (Barnard, 1927) (Cape of Good Hope, southern Indian Ocean and South Pacific) ^{[317] [443]}

Suborder Percoidei ^[444]

Suborder Serranoidei ^[445]

Family: Serranidae – rockcods (groupers) and seabasses

Subfamily: Epinephelinae

• Yellowbelly rockcod, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Namibia to Mozambique) ^[335] Formerly identified as Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{[396] [336]}

Subfamily: Serraninae

• Koester, Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) (Namibia to Mozambique) ^{[317] [335]}
• Comber, Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) recorded as syn. Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 ^{[396] [317]} (False Bay to Durban) ^{[396] [446] [336]}

Suborder Scorpaenoidei

Family: Congiopodidae – horsefishes

• Spinenose horsefish, Congiopodus spinifer (Smith, 1839) (Walvis Bay to Natal) ^{[317] [336] [447]}
• Smooth horsefish, Congiopodus torvus (Gronovius, 1772) (Namibia to Pondoland) ^[317] (Walvis Bay to KZN) ^{[14] [336]}

Family: Scorpaenidae

• Bigscale scorpionfish, Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Natal) ^[317] (False Bay to KZN) ^[14]
• Tasselled scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1849), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family: Sebastidae

• Jacopever, Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) (Walvis Bay to Natal) ^{[317] [336]}
• False jacopever, Sebastes capensis (Gmelin, 1788) (Cape to Saldanha Bay) ^{[317] [336]}
• Cape scorpionfish, Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970, recorded as syn. Trachyscorpia capensis] (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924), (Cape to St Helena Bay) ^[317]

Family: Tetrarogidae – waspfishes ^[448]

• Smoothskin scorpionfish, Coccotropsis gymnoderma (Gilchrist, 1906) (Cape to Algoa bay) ^[317] (Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay) ^{[14] [336]}

Family: Triglidae – gurnards ^[449]

• Cape gurnard, Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829) (Cape Fria to Maputo) ^{[317] [335] [336]}
• Bluefin gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu (Cuvier, 1829) ^[450] (Cape Point to Delagoa Bay) ^{[317] [335]} (West coast of Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay, also Indo-west Pacific) ^{[14] [336]}
• Lesser gurnard, Chelidonichthys queketti (Regan, 1904) (Table Bay to Natal) ^[317]

Suborder: Uranoscopoidei ^[451]

Family: Ammodytidae – Sandlances ^[452]

• Cape sandlance, Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927) (Angola to Delagoa Bay) ^[317]

Family: Uranoscopidae – Stargazers

• Spotted stargazer, Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis Barnard, 1927 (off Table Bay and Algoa Bay) ^[317]

Suborder: Zoarcoidei

Family: Zoarcidae – Eelpouts

• Lycodes agulhensis Andriashev, 1959 (Cap Blanc, Mauretania to Agulhas Bank) ^[317]
• Lycodonus vermiformis Barnard, 1927 (off Cape Point) ^[317]
• Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881 (off Cape Town) ^[317]

Order Pleuronectiformes

Family Cynoglossidae

• Sand tonguefish, Cynoglossus capensis (Kaup, 1858), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family Soleidae – soles

• East Coast sole, Austroglossus pectoralis (Kaup, 1858)
• Lemon sole, Barnardichthys fulvomarginata (Gilchrist, 1904), syn. Solea fulvomarginata Gilchrist, 1904, (False Bay and eastwards) ^{[258] [336]}
• Cape sole, Heteromycteris capensis Kaup, 1858, (Both sides of Cape Peninsula) ^{[258] [336]}
• Blackhand sole, Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814), recorded as syn. Solea bleekeri Boulenger, 1898, (TMNP MPA). ^{[336] [453]}
• Lace sole, Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827), (Both sides of the Cape Peninsula) ^{[258] [454] [336]}

Order Saccopharyngiformes

Family Cyematidae – arrow eels

• Cyema atrum Günther, 1878 (Off southwest coast) ^[317]
• Bobtail snipe eel, Neocyema erythrosoma Castle, 1978 (west of Cape Town) ^{[317] [455]}

Order Scombriformes

Family: Ariommatidae

• Indian driftfish, Ariomma indica (Day, 1870) (Mossel Bay eastwards to Southern Japan) ^[317]

Family: Bramidae – pomfrets ^[456]

• Pomfret, Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Algoa Bay to Walvis Bay) ^[317]
• Prickly fanfish, Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorff, 1878) (Mid Pacific to Africa, south round the Cape of good Hope to Cape Town) ^[317]
• Sickle pomfret, Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883) (Indo-Pacific from California to Zanzibar and south to False Bay) ^[317]

Family: Caristiidae

• Manefish, Caristius fasciatus (Borodin, 1930), (TMNP MPS). ^{[336] [457]}

Family: Centrolophidae – Ruffs

• Black ruff, Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) (Temperate waters of Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa, also North Atlantic and Mediterranean) ^[317]
• Antarctic butterfish, Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1818) (Temperate waters; islands of south Atlantic and southern Indian oceans; New Zealand, southern Australia and South Africa) ^[317]
• Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910) (Circumglobal in southern ocean, taken off Cape Town, common off Namibia) ^[317]
• Black butterfish or peregrine driftfish, Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879) (Gulf of Guinea, to South Africa) ^[317] (syn. Hyperoglyphe moselii (Cunningham, 1910))
• Flabby driftfish, Tubbia tasmanica Whitley, 1943 (Temperate waters of Southern Ocean; New Zealand, Tasmania and South Africa off Natal) ^[317]

Family: Chiasmodontidae – Swallowers ^[458]

• Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1863 (Tropical/subtropical in the three major oceans) ^[317]
• Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929) (Tropical/subtropical in the three major oceans, taken off Cape Town and Natal) ^[317]

Family: Gempylidae – snake mackerels ^[459]

• Snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829 (Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, sometimes in temperate latitudes) ^[317]
• Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1849) (Tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans) ^[317]
• Sackfish, Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (All oceans near edge of continental shelf and islands) ^[317]
• Oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1879 (Tropical and temperate parts of all oceans) ^[317]
• Snoek, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) (Namibia to Port Elizabeth) ^{[3] [317] [336]}

Family: Nomeidae – Driftfishes ^[460]

• Black fathead, Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) ^[317]
• Blue fathead, Cubiceps caeruleus Regan, 1914 (Southern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans) ^[317]
• Cape fathead, Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845) (Probably circumglobal in southern hemisphere) ^[317]
• Longfin fathead, Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) ^[317]
• Bluebottle fish, Nomeus gronovii Gmelin, 1789 (Circumglobal in warm waters) ^{[317] [336]}
• Banded driftfish, Psenes arafurensis Günther, 1889 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean) ^[317]
• Freckled driftfish, Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1883 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) ^[317]
• Silver driftfish, Psenes maculatus Lütken, 1880 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) ^[317]
• Blackrag, Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880 (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans) ^[317]
• Shadow driftfish, Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894) Psenes whiteleggi Waite, 1894 (Indian Ocean and Australia) ^[317]

Family: Pomatomidae – elf ^[461]

• Elf or shad, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)(Namibia to Maputo) ^{[317] [335] [336]}

Family: Scombridae – tunas, mackerels and bonitos ^[462]

Subfamily: Gasterochismatinae

• Bigscale mackerel, Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 1845 (Worldwide in southern ocean, mostly between 35° and 50° S, recorded from Table Bay) ^[317]

Subfamily: Scombrinae

• Wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1831) (Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. From South Africa: Algoa Bay, off Durban, and Sodwana Bay. one record west of Cape Point) ^[317]
• Slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948 (Worldwide between 20° and 50° S. From South Africa: Miller's Point and Rooikrans in False Bay) ^[317]
• Bullet tuna, Auxis rochei Risso, 1810 (Cosmopolitan in warm waters. From South Africa: Hout Bay, Mossel Bay and Natal)
• Frigate tuna, Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) ^[3]
• Skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) (False Bay, Algoa Bay to Delagoa Bay) ^{[3] [317] [336]}
• Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Mackerel, chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 (Namibia to Maputo) ^[3] (Cape to Natal, cosmopolitan in warm waters) ^{[317] [336]}
• Albacore or longfin tunny, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Off Western Cape, Cosmopolitan between 45°-50°N and 30°-40°S) ^[317]
• Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Angola to Natal) ^[317]
• Southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) (Off Cape region in winter, probably throughout southern oceans south of 30°S) ^[317]
• Bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) (Off Cape region, Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters) ^[317]
• Bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Agulhas Bank and False Bay) ^[317]

Family: Stromateidae

• Blue butterfish, Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean round the Cape to Natal) ^[317]

Family: Tetragonuridae – Squaretails

• Bigeye squaretail, Tetragonurus atlanticus Lowe, 1839 (Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans) ^[317]

Family: Trichiuridae – frostfishes ^[463]

• Buttersnoek, Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (Mediterranean, eastern Atlantic from Norway to South Africa, Australia and new Zealand) ^[317]
• Cutlass fish, Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (Cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate waters) ^[317]

Order Siluriformes – catfishes

Family Ariidae – sea catfishes

• Black seacatfish, Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 (south coast to Port Alfred) ^{[3] [317]}
• White seacatfish, Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 (Walvis Bay to Natal) ^{[3] [317] [336]}

Order Stomiiformes

Family Gonostomatidae – bristlemouths

• Cyclothone acclinidens Garman, 1899 (off Cape Point; tropical/subtropical in all 3 major oceans) ^[317]
• Veiled anglemouth, Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878) (Saldanha Bay to Mossel Bay; all 3 major oceans) ^{[317] [464]}
• Bicolored bristlemouth, tan bristlemouth Cyclothone pallida Brauer, 1902 (all 3 major oceans) ^[317]
• Diplophos rebainsi Krefft and Parin, 1972 (off south western Cape coast; southern Atlantic and south-eastern Pacific Oceans) ^[317]
• Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873 (all 3 major oceans; all around SA coast) ^[317]
• Gonostoma denudatum Rafineque, 1810 (Temperate/subtropical Atlantic; off southern Africa to ca. 37°S) ^[317]
• Sigmops bathyphilus (Vaillant, 1884), syn. Gonostoma bathyphilum (off Cape Point; temperate/subtropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans) ^{[317] [465]}

Family Phosichthyidae – lightfishes

• Ichthyococcus australis Mukhacheva, 1980 (circumglobal in subtropical convergence region of southern hemisphere with records between 30° and 40°S in Atlantic sector of our region) ^[317]
• Slender lightfish Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838) (off Cape Point; all 3 major oceans) ^{[317] [466]}

Family Sternoptychidae – hatchetfishes

• Muller's pearlsides, Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1788) (all oceans, more common in colder regions) ^{[317] [467]}
• Lightfish, Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark, 1871), syn. Valenciennellus tripunctatus (all oceans, tropical, subtropical and temperate waters) ^{[317] [468]}
• Atlantic silver hatchetfish, longspine silver hatchetfish, Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1849 (worldwide in tropical and temperate seas) ^{[317] [469]}
• Greater silver hatchetfish, Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930 (southeast of Cape of Good Hope; Indian Ocean to 40°S and south Atlantic to 38°S) ^{[317] [470]}
• Short silver hatchetfish Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 (worldwide distribution, common in SA waters to 35°S) ^{[317] [471]}
• Transparent hatchetfish, Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781 (worldwide in tropical and temperate seas) ^{[317] [472]}
• Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977 (Indian Ocean south of 35°S; circumglobal in Southern Ocean; Benguela current) ^[317]

Family: Stomiidae

• Astronesthes boulengeri Gilchrist, 1902 (southeast of Cape Point, circumpolar between 30° and 40°S) ^[317]
• Astronesthes indicus Brauer, 1902 (circumglobal in tropical waters, taken between 33° and 35°S on Atlantic side) ^[317]
• Bathophilus digitatus (Welsh, 1923) (single specimen from off Cape Town; North Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans) ^[317]
• Bathophilus longipinnis (Pappenheim, 1914) (off Cape Town; occurs widely in all 3 major oceans) ^[317]
• Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1884 (off Cape Town and off Port Elizabeth to Mozambique Channel) ^[317]
• Chauliodus sloani Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (offshore throughout southern Africa) ^[317]
• Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843 (off Cape Town, southeast of Algoa Bay; widespread in tropical/subtropical waters of all oceans) ^[317]
• Eustomias bulbornatus Gibbs, 1960 (south and west of Cape of Good Hope; tropical Indian and Pacific oceans) ^[317]
• Eustomias filifer (Gilchrist, 1906) (off Cape Point; tropical and subtropical Atlantic) ^[317]
• Eustomias grandibulbus Gibbs, Clarke and Gomon, 1983 (off Cape Town) ^[317]
• Eustomias lipochirus Regan and Trewavas, 1930 (2 specimens from south west of Cape of Good Hope; Tropical/subtropical Atlantic) ^[317]
• Eustomias schmidti Regan and Trewavas, 1930 (off Cape Town; occurs widely in all 3 major oceans) ^[317]
• Eustomias trewavasae Norman, 1930 (circumglobal between about 33° and 40°S) ^[317]
• Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911) (tropical, subtropical and temperate Atlantic, also Indian and Pacific oceans) ^[317]
• Melanostomias niger Gilchrist and von Bonde, 1924 (widespread in Atlantic between 20° and 50°S) ^[317]
• Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902 (off Cape Town and northeast of Durban; all 3 major oceans) ^[317]
• Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878) (northwest of Cape Town; occurs across the Atlantic, Pacific and possibly Indian Ocean south of about 33°S) ^[317] (syn. Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
• Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878) (off Western Cape coast; widespread in all 3 major oceans)(Günther, 1878) ^[317]
• Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer, 1913) (off Cape Town; Atlantic and western Indian Ocean) ^[317]
• Photonectes parvimanus Regan and Trewavas, 1930 (off west coast; north Atlantic and central Pacific) ^[317]
• Trigonolampa miriceps Regan and Trewavas, 1930 (off west coast; apparently circumglobal in Southern Ocean south of 30°S) ^[317]
• Boa dragonfish, scaly dragonfish, Stomias boa boa (Risso, 1810) (offshore throughout southern Africa) ^{[317] [473]}
• Stomias longibarbatus (Brauer, 1902), syn. Macrostomias longibarbatus (taken once off Cape of Good Hope, widespread in subtropical and tropical Atlantic and tropical Indian and Pacific oceans) ^{[317] [474]}

Order Syngnathiformes

Family Centriscidae – snipefishes and shrimpfishes

• Banded snipefish, Centriscops humerosus (Richardson, 1846) recorded as syn. Centriscops obliquus Waite, 1911 (Cape Columbine to False Bay) ^{[317] [475]}
• Slender snipefish, Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758) (Table Bay to Durban) ^[317]

Family Fistulariidae – flutemouths

• Serrate flutemouth, Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 (Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific oceans; east coast of Africa south to Mossel Bay; also reported from Walvis Bay and False Bay) ^[317]

Family Syngnathidae – seahorses and pipefishes

• Longsnout pipefish, Syngnathus temminckii Kaup, 1856 (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ^{[319] [476] [336]}

Order Tetraodontiformes

Family Diodontidae

• Birdbeak burrfish, Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Balloon porcupinefish, long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family Molidae ^[477]

• Trunk fish, slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]
• Ocean sunfish, Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family Ostraciidae

• Backspine cowfish, thornback cowfish, Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846), (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family Tetraodontidae – puffers

• Evil-eye blaasop, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785) ^[258] (False Bay to Delagoa Bay, Indo-West Pacific) ^{[14] [336]}

Order Zeiformes

Family Oreosomatidae

• Ox-eyed oreo, Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier, 1829, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Family Zeidae

• Atlantic John Dory Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[336]

Reptiles

Main article: Reptile

Mostly vagrant turtles and the occasional sea snake.

Family Dermochelyidae

• Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761). ^[478]

Family Cheloniidae

• Loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). ^[478]

Family Elapidae

• Yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766). ^[478]

Birds

Main article: Bird

As of 2022, 39 species of seabirds and shorebirds are known to use the marine protected area.

12 species of seabird nest in the TMNP MPA, six of these are endemic to the region. Four of the endemics are listed as endangered, one is near threatened, and one is of least concern.

Order Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

• African oystercatcher, Haemotopus moquini (Bonaparte, 1856) ^{[3] [479]} (Lüderitz, Namibia to Mazeppa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa)
• Black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Grey plover, black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMN MPA). ^[479]
• White-fronted plover, Charadrius marginatus Vieillot, 1818, (TMNP MPA), ^[479]

Family Laridae

• Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Grey-headed gull Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot, 1818, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Southern African kelp gull, Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823, recorded as Larus dominicanus vetula, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Hartlaub’s gull Larus hartlaubii Bruch, 1853, Least concern, breeding colonies. ^[479]
• Greater crested tern, swift tern, Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823, recorded as syn. Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, 1823), (TMNP MPA). ^{[479] [480]}
• Common tern, Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787, recorded as syn. Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Antarctic tern, Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Damara tern, Sternula balaenarum (Strickland, 1852), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Family Scolopacidae

• Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Sanderling Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Red knot, Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Family Stercorariidae

• Brown skua, Stercorarius antarcticus (Lesson, 1831), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Order Ciconiiformes

Family Ardeidae

• Grey heron Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Little egret Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Order Pelecaniformes

Family Anhingidae

• African darter Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Family Pelecanidae

• Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Family Threskiornithidae

• African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Order Phoenicopteriformes

Family Phoenicopteridae

• Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758, recorded as syn. Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Order Procellariiformes

Family Diomedeidae

• Indian yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche carteri (Rothschild, 1903), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Shy albatross, Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Family Procellaridae

• Pintado, Cape petrel, Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• White-chinned petrel , Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758, (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Family Hydrobatidae

• Wilson's Storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]

Order Sphenisciformes – Penguins

Family: Spheniscidae

• Jackass penguin or African penguin, Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus 1758),(Namibia to Algoa Bay), Endangered, with breeding colonies. ^{[481] [479]}

Order Suliformes

Family Sulidae – gannets and boobies

• Cape gannet, Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823), (Breeding: three islands off Namibia and three islands off South Africa. Otherwise: coastal waters off the Gulf of Guinea to Mozambique) Endangered. ^{[3] [479]}

Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants

• Crowned cormorant, Microcarbo coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855), (Swakopmund to Cape Agulhas) ^[3] Near threatened, with breeding colonies. ^[479]
• Cape cormorant, Phalacrocorax capensis Sparrman, 1788, (Breeding: Namibia to southern Cape Province, Otherwise: Mouth of the Congo to Mozambique) ^[3] Endangered, with breeding colonies. ^[479]
• Great cormorant, white-breasted cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758), (TMNP MPA). ^[479]
• Bank cormorant, Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855), (Namibia and the west coast of South Africa) ^[3] Endangered, with breeding colonies. ^[479]

Mammals

Main article: Mammal

Order Carnivora

Family Mustelidae – weasels and others

Subfamily Lutrinae – otters

• Cape clawless otter, African clawless otter Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) (most of Africa with access to fresh water) ^{[3] [482]}

Infraorder Pinnipedia – seals

Family Otariidae – eared seals

• South African fur seal, brown fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) (Northern Namibia to Port Elizabeth, subspecies endemic) ^{[3] [482]}

Family Phocidae – true seals

• Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758 (Antarctica, occasionally washed north by storms) ^{[3] [482]}
• Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820), (TMNP MPA). ^[482]

Order Cetartiodactyla

Infraorder Cetacea

Superfamily Mysticeti – baleen whales ^[483]

Family Balaenidae – right whales

• Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis Desmoulins, 1822 (pelagic, Southern Ocean, winters along the South African coast from central Namibia to southern Mozambique ) ^{[3] [482]}

Family Balaenopteridae – rorquals

• Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, (TMNP MPA). ^[482]
• Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 (globally in tropics and sub-tropics) ^{[3] [482]}
• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 (pelagic open ocean, migrating from Antarctic waters to tropical waters in winter) ^{[3] [482]}

Family Neobalaenidae

• Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846), (TMNP MPA). ^[482]

Superfamily Odontoceti

Family Delphinidae – oceanic dolphins

• Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828), (TMNP MPA). ^{[482] [484]}
• Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758, recorded as syn. Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 (warm-temperate and tropical waters) ^{[3] [482] [485]}
• Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828), also recorded as Sagmatias obscurus Gray, 1828, (Namibian coast to the Cape Peninsula) ^{[3] [486] [487]}
• Killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 (pelagic, all oceans) ^{[3] [482]}
• False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846), (TMNP MPA). ^[482]
• Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833), (TMNP MPA). ^[482]
• Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821 (pelagic open ocean though not polar seas) ^{[3] [482]}

Geographical position of places mentioned in species ranges

• Agulhas Bank, Western Cape 35°30′S21°00′E / 35.5°S 21°E / -35.5; 21
• Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, 33°55′S25°42′E / 33.917°S 25.700°E / -33.917; 25.700
• Bashee River, Eastern Cape 32°15′S28°54′E / 32.250°S 28.900°E / -32.250; 28.900
• Beira, Mozambique 19°50′S34°51′E / 19.833°S 34.850°E / -19.833; 34.850
• Blaauwberg, Western Cape, 33°48′S18°27′E / 33.800°S 18.450°E / -33.800; 18.450
• Cape Agulhas, Western Cape, 34°50′00″S20°00′09″E / 34.83333°S 20.00250°E / -34.83333; 20.00250
• Cape Columbine, Western Cape, 32°49′39″S17°51′23″E / 32.82750°S 17.85639°E / -32.82750; 17.85639
• Cape Frio, Namibia, 18°26′12″S12°00′17″E / 18.43667°S 12.00472°E / -18.43667; 12.00472
• Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, 34°21′29″S018°28′19″E / 34.35806°S 18.47194°E / -34.35806; 18.47194 (sometimes used historically to refer to the Cape Province, or South Africa)
• Cape Peninsula, Western Cape 34°12′S18°24′E / 34.200°S 18.400°E / -34.200; 18.400
• Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape, 31°58′S29°09′E / 31.967°S 29.150°E / -31.967; 29.150
• Dassen Island, Western Cape, 33°25′S18°5′E / 33.417°S 18.083°E / -33.417; 18.083
• Dassie Point, False Bay,
• Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, 25°59′S32°42′E / 25.983°S 32.700°E / -25.983; 32.700
• Doring Bay (Doringbaai), Western Cape, 31°49′S18°14′E / 31.817°S 18.233°E / -31.817; 18.233
• Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 29°51′S31°01′E / 29.850°S 31.017°E / -29.850; 31.017
• East London, Eastern Cape, 32°59′S027°52′E / 32.983°S 27.867°E / -32.983; 27.867
• Elands Bay, Western Cape, 32°18′S18°19′E / 32.300°S 18.317°E / -32.300; 18.317
• False Bay, Western Cape, 34°14′S18°39′E / 34.233°S 18.650°E / -34.233; 18.650
• Gordon's Bay Western Cape 34°10′00″S18°52′00″E / 34.16667°S 18.86667°E / -34.16667; 18.86667
• Hermanus, Western Cape, 34°25′S19°14′E / 34.417°S 19.233°E / -34.417; 19.233
• Hout Bay, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, 34°03′30″S18°21′20″E / 34.05833°S 18.35556°E / -34.05833; 18.35556
• Inhaca, Mozambique, 26°0′S32°55′E / 26.000°S 32.917°E / -26.000; 32.917
• Jeffrey's Bay, Eastern Cape, 34°2′S24°55′E / 34.033°S 24.917°E / -34.033; 24.917
• Kei River, Eastern Cape, 32°40′35″S28°23′10″E / 32.67639°S 28.38611°E / -32.67639; 28.38611
• Knysna, Western Cape, 34°05′02″S23°03′37″E / 34.08389°S 23.06028°E / -34.08389; 23.06028
• Kommetjie, Western Cape, 34°08′S18°19′E / 34.133°S 18.317°E / -34.133; 18.317
• Kosi Bay, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, 26°54′06″S32°51′59″E / 26.90167°S 32.86639°E / -26.90167; 32.86639
• Lamberts Bay, Western Cape, 32°05′24″S18°18′10″E / 32.09000°S 18.30278°E / -32.09000; 18.30278
• Langebaan Lagoon, Western Cape, 33°09′S18°04′E / 33.150°S 18.067°E / -33.150; 18.067
• Limpopo River, Mozambique, 25°10′S33°35′E / 25.167°S 33.583°E / -25.167; 33.583
• Lüderitz, Namibia, 26°38′53″S15°9′34″E / 26.64806°S 15.15944°E / -26.64806; 15.15944
• Mabibi, (Mbibi) Kwa-Zulu-Natal, 29°20′10″S32°45′10″E / 29.33611°S 32.75278°E / -29.33611; 32.75278
• Mazeppa Bay, Eastern Cape, 32°28′41″S28°39′04″E / 32.478°S 28.651°E / -32.478; 28.651
• Melkbosstrand, Western Cape, 33°43′38″S18°26′06″E / 33.72722°S 18.43500°E / -33.72722; 18.43500
• Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, 34°13′51.6″S18°28′26.4″E / 34.231000°S 18.474000°E / -34.231000; 18.474000
• Mossel Bay, Western Cape, 34°11′S22°08′E / 34.183°S 22.133°E / -34.183; 22.133
• Möwe Point (Namibia), 19°22′47.85″S12°42′29.02″E / 19.3799583°S 12.7080611°E / -19.3799583; 12.7080611 (Möwe Point lighthouse)
• Muizenberg, False Bay, Western Cape, 34°07′S018°28′E / 34.117°S 18.467°E / -34.117; 18.467
• Noordhoek, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, 34°07′S18°21′E / 34.117°S 18.350°E / -34.117; 18.350
• Olifants River (Western Cape) 31°42′S18°13′E / 31.700°S 18.217°E / -31.700; 18.217
• Onrust River, Western Cape, 34°25′8″S19°10′44″E / 34.41889°S 19.17889°E / -34.41889; 19.17889
• Orange River, Northern Cape, 28°38′S16°27′E / 28.633°S 16.450°E / -28.633; 16.450
• Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, 34°03′S023°22′E / 34.050°S 23.367°E / -34.050; 23.367
• Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, 33°36′15″S26°54′12″E / 33.60417°S 26.90333°E / -33.60417; 26.90333
• Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 33°58′S25°35′E / 33.967°S 25.583°E / -33.967; 25.583
• Port Nolloth, Northern Cape, 22°15′S16°52′E / 22.250°S 16.867°E / -22.250; 16.867
• Port St. Johns, KwaZulu-Natal, 31°37′40″S29°33′20″E / 31.62778°S 29.55556°E / -31.62778; 29.55556
• Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 28°48′S32°06′E / 28.800°S 32.100°E / -28.800; 32.100
• Rooikrans, Cape Peninsula 34°20′28″S18°28′23″E / 34.34111°S 18.47306°E / -34.34111; 18.47306
• Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, 33°01′S17°59′E / 33.017°S 17.983°E / -33.017; 17.983
• Slangkop, Cape Peninsula, 34°08′54.59″S18°19′11.89″E / 34.1484972°S 18.3199694°E / -34.1484972; 18.3199694
• Smitswinkel Bay, False Bay, Western Cape, 34°16′S18°28′E / 34.267°S 18.467°E / -34.267; 18.467
• Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 27°32′S32°41′E / 27.533°S 32.683°E / -27.533; 32.683
• Storms River, Eastern Cape, 34°01′15″S23°54′10″E / 34.02083°S 23.90278°E / -34.02083; 23.90278
• Strandfontein, False Bay, Western Cape, 34°05′22″S18°33′18″E / 34.08944°S 18.55500°E / -34.08944; 18.55500
• Strandfontein, Western Cape, 31°45′20″S18°13′38″E / 31.75556°S 18.22722°E / -31.75556; 18.22722
• Swakopmund, Namibia, 22°41′S14°32′E / 22.683°S 14.533°E / -22.683; 14.533
• Table Bay, Western Cape, 33°53′S18°27′E / 33.883°S 18.450°E / -33.883; 18.450
• Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape, 34°01′18″S22°53′44″E / 34.02167°S 22.89556°E / -34.02167; 22.89556
• Umtata River 31°56′S29°11′E / 31.933°S 29.183°E / -31.933; 29.183
• Vulcan Rock, Cape Peninsula, 34°03′58″S18°18′35″E / 34.06611°S 18.3097°E / -34.06611; 18.3097
• Walvis Bay, Namibia, 22°57′22″S14°30′29″E / 22.95611°S 14.50806°E / -22.95611; 14.50806
• Windmill Beach Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, 34°12′04″S18°27′24″E / 34.201°S 18.45666667°E / -34.201; 18.45666667
• Xora River, Eastern Cape, 32°09′00″S28°59′00″E / 32.15°S 28.983333°E / -32.15; 28.983333

See also

• List of echinoderms of South Africa  – List of species that form a part of the echinoderm fauna of South Africa
• List of marine crustaceans of South Africa  – List of saltwater species that form a part of the crustacean fauna of South Africa
• List of marine fishes of South Africa  – Fishes recorded from the oceans bordering South Africa
• List of marine molluscs of South Africa  – List of saltwater species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of South Africa
• List of sea spiders of South Africa  – List of saltwater species that form a part of the pycnogonid fauna of South Africa
• List of brown seaweeds of South Africa  – List of seaweeds recorded from the oceans bordering South Africa
• List of green seaweeds of South Africa  – List of seaweeds recorded from the oceans bordering South Africa
• List of red seaweeds of South Africa  – Rhodophyta recorded from the oceans bordering South Africa.
• List of brown seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay  – Regional biodiversity species list
• List of green seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay  – Regional biodiversity species list
• List of red seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay  – Regional biodiversity species list
• Geology of Cape Town  – Geological formations and their history in the vicinity of Cape Town

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179. "Lysiosquilla capensis Hansen, 1895". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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414. "Gobiesocidae Bleeker, 1859". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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437. "Dicrolene multifilis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
438. "Porogadus miles Goode & Bean, 1885". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
439. "Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist, 1903". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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443. "Psednos micrurus Barnard, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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447. "Congiopodus spinifer (Smith, 1839)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 October 2023.
448. "Tetrarogidae Smith, 1949". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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452. "Uranoscopoidei". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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456. "Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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458. "Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
459. "Gempylidae Gill, 1862". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 October 2023.
460. "Nomeidae Günther, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 October 2023.
461. "Pomatomidae Gill, 1863". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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472. "Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 30 April 2013.
473. "Stomias boa boa (Risso, 1810)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 3 May 2013.
474. "Stomias longibarbatus (Brauer, 1902)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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484. "Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 31 October 2023.
485. "Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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