Spicara axillare, the windtoy, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies.

Spicara axillare was first formally described as Caesio axillaris in 1900 by the Belgian-born British ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger with its type locality given as Buffels Bay in False Bay in the Western Cape of South Africa.

The specific name, axillare, means axillary, a reference to the black spot at the base of the pectoral fin.

[2] Spicara axillare is endemic to South Africa where it occurs from False Bay in the Western Cape to KwaZulu-Natal.

It is a pelagic-neritic species that is found at depths between 20 and 160 m (66 and 525 ft), moving closer to shore in stormy weather.