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Inshore Marine Fish of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica, 1983-1984

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Updated 18/11/2025

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Thirteen species of fish have so far been caught in the inshore waters around the Vestfold Hills, including the Rauer Islands, in depths down to approximately 100 m. Species caught depend markedly on the type of fishing gear used, but three species are clearly dominant numerically. Pagonthenia bernacchii is most abundant in the shallower (less than 20 m deep) weedy and rocky habitats, while Chionodraco hamatus is dominant in the deeper (greater than 20 m deep) nearshore troughs and further offshore. Pagonthenia borchgrevinki occupies the specialised habitat associated with sea ice and close-inshore areas, including fjords and Burton Lake. The species list from the Vestfold Hills area is similar to lists from comparable locations in East Antarctica except for the major difference that C. hamatus has not yet been recorded from such shallow waters at the other locations, while P. bernacchi and P. hansoni are much more abundant in water deeper than 20 m at those sites than at Davis. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 239. A Microsoft Access database containing data from this cruise, plus several others is available for download from the URL given below. The Entry ID's of the other metadata records also related to this data are: AADC-00038 AADC-00068 AADC-00073 AADC-00075 AADC-00080 AADC-00082 c88_data The fields in this dataset are: Cruises Date Location Latitude Longitude Species Gear Length Weight Sex Gonad Eye Otolith Stomach Lifestage Family

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Title Inshore Marine Fish of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica, 1983-1984
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5eeb0315-8496-41a5-b62d-c1781c382906
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/02/1983 - 31/01/1984
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Inshore Marine Fish of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica, 1983-1984". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/inshore-marine-fish-of-the-vestfold-hills-antarctica-1983-19841