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Galjoen

Galjoen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Dichistiidae
Genus: Dichistius
Species:
D. capensis
Binomial name
Dichistius capensis
(G. Cuvier, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Dipterodon capensis G. Cuvier, 1831
  • Coracinus capensis (G. Cuvier, 1831)
  • Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854
  • Dichistius falcatus J. L. B. Smith, 1935

The galjoen, black bream, or blackfish (Dichistius capensis) is a species of marine fish found only along the coast of South Africa, Namibia and Angola. Galjoen is the national fish of South Africa.[1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lill2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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