Editing Galjoen (section)

==Importance to humans==

===Fishing===
It is important to local [[commercial fisheries]] and is also popular as a [[game fish]].<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Dichistius|species= capensis| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref>

===As food===
Due to their abundance in the shores off South Africa, galjoen is common in [[South African cuisine]]. A notable dish is the fish sprinkled with pepper and lemon — or alternatively with lemon, mayonnaise, and melted garlic butter — and served with fresh bread and apricot jam.<ref name="Paarman2003">{{cite book|last=Paarman|first=Ina|title=West Coast Cookbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CTWMa8eWTgC&pg=PA96|year=2003|publisher=Struik|isbn=978-1-86872-846-6|page=96}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===As the national fish of South Africa===
Galjoen is the national fish of South Africa. The suggestion to make it the national fish came from [[Margaret Mary Smith|Margaret Smith]], the wife of ichthyologist [[J. L. B. Smith]], to find a marine equivalent to the [[springbok]].<ref name="Lill2004">{{cite book|last=Lill|first=Dawid Van|title=Van Lill's South African Miscellany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v5whRwm1o3wC&pg=PT51|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Zebra|isbn=978-1-86872-921-0|page=51}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>