French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands is based on the taxonomy used in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2023 Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Version downloaded 9 February 2023 https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
The current version can be accessed here
Marine fishes known only from the deep-sea (below 200 m) are listed at the bottom of the page and are not included in species totals
Arctozenus australis
(Aulopiformes Paralepididae) Southern Spotted
Barracudina
Channichthys panticapaei
(Perciformes Channichthyidae) Charcoal Icefish
Channichthys rugosus
(Perciformes Channichthyidae) Red Icefish
Channichthys velifer
(Perciformes Channichthyidae) Sail Icefish
Harpagifer crozetensis
(Perciformes Harpagiferidae) Littoral Crozet
Spiny Plunderfish
Harpagifer kerguelensis
(Perciformes Harpagiferidae) Kerguelen Spiny
Plunderfish
Harpagifer nybelini
(Perciformes Harpagiferidae)
Harpagifer spinosus
(Perciformes Harpagiferidae) Deepwater Spiny
Plunderfish
Neomerinthe bauchotae
(Perciformes Scorpaenidae)
Notopogon armatus
(Syngnathiformes Centriscidae)
Dibranchus accinctus
(Lophiiformes Ogcocephalidae)
Apagesoma australe
(Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae)
Careproctus crozetensis
(Perciformes Liparidae)
Careproctus discoveryae
(Perciformes Liparidae)
Paraliparis duhameli
(Perciformes Liparidae)
Paraliparis kerguelensis
(Perciformes Liparidae)
Paraliparis obliquosus
(Perciformes Liparidae)
Paraliparis wolffi
(Perciformes Liparidae)
Melanostigma
bellingshauseni (Perciformes Zoarcidae)
Pachycara cousinsi
(Perciformes Zoarcidae)
Pachycara priedei
(Perciformes Zoarcidae)
Chimaera compacta
(Chimaeriformes Chimaeridae)