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5 unusual facts about East Cape


Australian barracuda

The Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, is a barracuda of the genus Sphyraena, found between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in semiprotected areas.

Large kelpfish

The large kelpfish, Chironemus marmoratus, is a kelpfish of the genus Chironemus, found in southern Australia, and between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in depths down to 30 m.

Nuakata Island

Nuakata Island is a small, mountainous island in the Goschen Strait south of Normanby Island and east of East Cape.

One-spot puller

The one-spot puller (in New Zealand) or brown puller (in Australia), Chromis hypsilepis, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found off south-east Australia and between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts.

Roggeveld

The Roggeveld (in afrikaans, "rye field") is a plateau located in the East Cape, in South Africa, in the Karoo area.



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E. meleagris

Eulophia meleagris, an orchid species found in the East Cape Province to the KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

Moltena fiara

It is found in coastal lowland and riverine forest from the East Cape along the KwaZulu-Natal coast to Maputaland and north to Maputo in Mozambique.

Tokomaru

Tokomaru Bay, the name of a bay and town in the East Cape of New Zealand