Antarctica
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Antarctica is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range (these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Artedidraco glareobarbatus (Artedidraconidae)
Artedidraco orianae (Artedidraconidae)
Artedidraco shackletoni (Artedidraconidae)
Artedidraco skottsbergi (Artedidraconidae)
Dolloidraco longedorsalis (Artedidraconidae)
Histiodraco velifer (Artedidraconidae)
Pogonophryne curtilemma (Artedidraconidae)
Pogonophryne eakini (Artedidraconidae)
Pogonophryne immaculata OC (Artedidraconidae)
Pogonophryne marmorata (Artedidraconidae) Marbled Plunderfish
Pogonophryne orcadensis (Artedidraconidae)
Pogonophryne phyllopogon (Artedidraconidae)
Pogonophryne velifera (Artedidraconidae)
Cygnodraco mawsoni (Bathydraconidae)
Gymnodraco acuticeps (Bathydraconidae) Naked Dragonfish
Parachaenichthys charcoti (Bathydraconidae) Charcot's Pseudo-icefish
Prionodraco evansii (Bathydraconidae)
Gyrinomimus andriashevi (Cetomimidae)
Chionodraco hamatus (Channichthyidae)
Chionodraco rastrospinosus OC (Channichthyidae) Ocellated Icefish
Cryodraco pappenheimi (Channichthyidae)
Pagetopsis macropterus (Channichthyidae)
Paraliparis wildi (Liparidae)
Paranotothenia dewitti OC (Nototheniidae)
Trematomus bernacchii OC (Nototheniidae) Emerald Rockcod
Trematomus eulepidotus (Nototheniidae) Blunt Scalyhead
Trematomus newnesi (Nototheniidae) Dusky Notothen
Trematomus nicolai (Nototheniidae) Spotted Notothen
Trematomus pennellii (Nototheniidae) Sharp-spined Notothen
Trematomus scotti (Nototheniidae) Blackfin Notothen
Helcogrammoides antarcticus (Tripterygiidae)
An additional endemic marine fish species described too recently to be included in FishBase 2004 is given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 31 endemic marine fish species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 32 species of marine fishes known solely from Antarctica.
Cryothenia amphitreta (Nototheniidae) 2006