Occurrence | endemic | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | protected | Ref. | Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall, 1999 |
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | Yes | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Type locality of Hippocampus capensis, Knysna (Ref. 115213). Known from Knysna estuary, Keurbooms estuary, Mossel Bay and Plettenberg Bay; Svartveli Estuary, and Klein Brak (Ref. 30915). Protected by the Cape Nature Conservation Ordnance 19 (1974) and the CNC Proclamation 109 (1988) which prohibits harvest without a permit. Listed in South Africa Red Book of fishes (Ref. 30915). Also Ref. 27553. |
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html |