Dichistius - Galjoen fishes

Classification

Genus: Dichistius - Galjoen fishes
Family: Dichistiidae - Galjoen fishes
Order: Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Dichistius is a genus of perciform fishes, the galjoen fishes, native to the Atlantic coast of southern Africa (D. capensis) and the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa (D. multifasciatus). Growing to lengths of 80 cm (31 in) (D. capensis) and 35 cm (14 in) (D. multifasciatus), both known species are popular commercial and game fishes.

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Dichistius capensis (G. Cuvier, 1831) (galjoen)
Dichistius multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914) (banded galjoen)

Species

Galjoen
(Dichistius capensis)

Banded galjoen
(Dichistius multifasciatus)

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