Abstract
A list of Southern Ocean fishes captured in the Argentinian continental shelf and adjacent areas is presented. The list comprises a total of 41 species. They represent 15% of the ichthyofauna registered in the Southern Ocean. The geographic position of the samples was considered in order to show the northward displacement of some Antarctic species toward southwestern Atlantic waters.
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The authors thank numerous collectors, the scientific crew on board the research vessels and to the INIDEP scientific staff. Thanks also to L.O. Lucifora for valuable comments and English grammar corrections and two anonymous reviewers for comments that greatly improved the manuscript. S.A. Barbini was supported by scholarship from CIC.
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Cousseau, M.B., Barbini, S.A. & Figueroa, D.E. The presence of southern fishes in the Argentinian continental shelf and adjacent areas. Mar Biodiv 42, 73–78 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-011-0088-x
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