Photographic survey of benthos provides insights into the Antarctic fish fauna from the Marguerite Bay slope and the Amundsen Sea

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Eastman, J.T., Amsler, M.O., Aronson, R.B., Thatje, S., McClintock, J.B., Vos, S.C., Kaeli, J.W., Singh, H., La Mesa, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Copepods
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341126/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341126/1/Eastman_AntSci_13.pdf

We reviewed photographic images of fishes from depths of 381–2282 in Marguerite Bay and 405–2007 m in the Amundsen Sea. Marguerite Bay fishes were 33% notothenioids and 67% non-notothenioids. Channichthyids (47%) and nototheniids (44%) were the most abundant notothenioids. The deep-living channichth...