Cape rockling

Gaidropsarus capensis

Gaidropsarid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean

Cape rockling is known from Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Gaidropsaridae
Genus: Gaidropsarus
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic: known only from Cape Town to East London in South Africa.

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