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List of Deep-water Fishes reported from South Africa
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Table 1: 501 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 8 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 2 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 511 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 2: 8 species possibly present in the country/island.
     
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Order Family Species Occurrence FishBase name Name in Country Habitat Depth (m)
Myctophiformes Myctophidae Dasyscopelus obtusirostrisquestionable Bluntsnout lanternfish  bathypelagic 
Squaliformes Etmopteridae Etmopterus luciferquestionable Blackbelly lanternshark  pelagic-oceanic150 - 1357 
Anguilliformes Synaphobranchidae Histiobranchus bathybiusquestionable Deep-water arrowtooth eel  benthopelagic295 - 5440 
Scombriformes Chiasmodontidae Kali kerbertiquestionable   bathypelagic200 - 4465 
Myctophiformes Myctophidae Lampanyctus indicusstray   bathypelagic 
Lophiiformes Lophiidae Lophius budegassaquestionable Blackbellied angler  bathydemersal70 - 1013 
Chimaeriformes Rhinochimaeridae Neoharriotta pinnataquestionable Sicklefin chimaera  bathydemersal150 - 800 
Squaliformes Oxynotidae Oxynotus centrinaquestionable Angular roughshark Strykysterhaai bathydemersal60 - 1309 
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