This is a sub-list of the List of marine bony fishes of South Africa for perch-like fishes recorded from the oceans bordering South Africa. This list comprises locally used common names, currently accepted scientific names with author citation and recorded ranges. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters surrounding the Republic of South Africa. Internationally used common names may also be present where useful.
List ordering and taxonomy complies where possible with the current usage in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), and may differ from the cited source, as listed citations are primarily for range or existence of records for the region. Sub-taxa within any given taxon are arranged alphabetically as a general rule. Synonyms should be listed where useful.
Perciformes (/ˈpɜːrsɪˌfɔːrmiːz/), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. Perciformes means "perch-like". Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters (Percidae), sea bass and groupers (Serranidae). (Full article...)
Family: Psychrolutidae — Fatheads
Family: Liparidae — Snailfishes
Family: Percophidae — Duckbills
Family: Apistidae
Family: Aploactinidae — Velvetfishes
Family: Bembridae
Family: Congiopodidae — Horsefishes
Family: Hoplichthyidae — Spiny flatheads
Family: Peristediidae — Armoured gurnards
Family: Platycephalidae — Flatheads
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Caracanthinae — Coral crouchers
Subfamily: Choradactylinae
Subfamily: Minoinae
Subfamily: Pteroinae
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Family: Sebastidae
Family: Setarchidae
Family: Synanceiidae — Stonefish
Family: Tetrarogidae — Waspfishes
Family: Triglidae — Gurnards
Family: Serranidae — Rockcods (groupers) and seabasses
Subfamily: Anthiadinae
Subfamily: Epinephelinae
Subfamily: Grammistinae — Soapfishes and Podges
Subfamily: Serraninae
Family: Ammodytidae — Sandlances
Family: Pinguipedidae — Sandsmelts
Family: Uranoscopidae — Stargazers
Family: Zoarcidae — Eelpouts