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A General Review of the Antarctic Fish Fauna

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Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 15))

Abstract

Several years ago, while engaged in a study of the fish fauna of the Arctic Seas, I often wanted to make a comparison with the fauna of the far South which, together with a striking development of endemism of notothenoid fishes (outwardly resembling our northern cottoids), contains true northern fish types, such as Zoarcidae, Liparidae, Agonidae and so on. At that time the absence of collections from the Antarctic in the Russian museums made a comparative analysis difficult. That is why I was very glad to accept an invitation to take part in the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions aboard the “Ob” during the International Geophysical Year. Over several years my colleagues and myself made extensive collections of bottom and bathypelagic fishes from the Antarctic and neighbouring waters. These materials are still under initial study and results are only partially published which naturally impedes summing up. It is therefore, not without hesitation, that I accepted the amiable suggestion of the Editorial Staff of the volume “Biogeography and Ecology of Antarctica” to compile a review on Antarctic fishes; this review should, however, only be regarded as a preliminary attempt in this direction.

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Andriashev, A.P. (1965). A General Review of the Antarctic Fish Fauna. In: van Mieghem, J., van Oye, P. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7204-0_15

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