Dorsal view of a banded goby in a rockpool. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2024). Small dusky, mottled fish, with 8-12 vertical bars on the sides and 13-14 dorsal rays in the second dorsal fin. Rounded head. Pelvic fin disc-like. About 14 cm. A common endemic permanently resident in tidal pools. Breeds year-round and… Continue reading Banded goby (Caffrogobius caffer)
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Spotted dikkop (Burhinus capensis)
Female spotted dikkop with its chick, cruising the streets. Graaf-Reinett, Eastern Cape (2021) - iNaturalist Also called the spotted thick-knee. Fairly large, with dark-brown and buff-spotted upperparts but lacking grey wing coverts. In flight, it shows small, white patches at the base of the primaries, while the remainder of flight feathers and greater coverts are… Continue reading Spotted dikkop (Burhinus capensis)
F*CK FISH 