7th Definitive - 50c Coral Rock Cod    Date of Issue November 15, 2000 Denomination 50 cents Art Work Chris Van Rooyen, Joan Van Gogh Designer Thea Swanepoel Size 24 x 40.6mm Sheet 50 Perforation 13.25 x 13.75 Perforator Bickel comb Paper De La Rue Gum PVA Phosphor 7% Green/yellow in paper coating Printing Process superlitho Printer The House of Questa, London Initial Quantity 77,000   Coral rock cod (cephalopholis miniata) - Belongs to the family Serrandidae and the subfamily of rock cods and sea basses. This is a coral reef species which range from the Red Sea to KwaZulu-Natal, and east to the western Pacific. They attain a length of about 40 cm.   Original information and image from South Africa Post