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Ichthyologist Margaret Smith said that, when adult dageraad die, they are ‘the most beautiful of all creatures, as waves of different colours pass over the body’. ‘Dageraad’ is Dutch for ‘dawn’.

SASSI status: Red - Don’t buy or sell dageraad! Rather choose a green-listed species.

The spotted gully shark is a small grey-brown shark covered in small, irregularly spaced black spots which become more prominent as the shark ages.

Large adults have been spotted in the deep canyons off Sodwana Bay where coelacanths were found. Slow-growing fish and can live up to 24 years.

SASSI status: Red - Don´t buy or sell yellowbelly rockcod! Rather choose a green-listed species.

Many fishermen have stories to tell about this species. Red steenbras is one of the most popular species amongst anglers because it can be caught on just about any bait and puts up a good fight. A few decades ago these fish were plentiful, but due to their popularity, they have declined in numbers.

Although red steenbras is excellent to eat, its liver contains a toxic level of Vitamin A.

SASSI: Red—Don’t buy or sell red steenbras! Rather choose a green-listed species.

Tiger reef eels are found in reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans | Two Oceans Aquarium

Sea anemones are carnivorous, stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea floor or on coral reefs.

Sea pens are so named for their resemblance to an old-fashioned quill pen.

Sea fans are composed of numerous polyps that grow together in a flat, fanlike pattern.

The blue-ringed octopus is renowned for being one of the world’s most venomous marine animals, despite reaching a maximum of 10 cm in size.

The Pacific giant octopus is the largest species in the world, with one specimen weighing 270 kg and stretching more than nine metres long.

The Wolfi octopus, also known as the Star-Sucker Pygmy octopus, is the world’s smallest octopus.

The green turtle is so named because the fat layer underneath the carapace (shell) is green.