A comprehensive account of the fishes of the circum-Atlantic Southern Ocean, compiled by 32 scientists from 11 countries. In addition to systematic accounts of 272 fish species in 49 families, the book includes chapters on the origin, evolution, systematics, biology, conservation and exploitation of Antarctic fishes. There is an illustrated key to families, as well as a key to each genus and species. Each species account includes a diagnosis and distribution map, and notes on distribution, breeding and feeding.