A REVIEW OF RECENT STUDIES OF SOUTHERN-OCEAN LIPARIDAE (TELEOSTEI, SCORPAENIFORMES)

At present about 90 species of 7 genera of Liparidae fishes are discov ered and described from the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters. Reduci ng trend in the morphological transformation of the pectoral girdle du ring evolution of Careproctus and Paraliparis in depths of the Souther n Ocean is traced. Bathymetric analysis shows that species of Careproc tus are distributed in the Antarctic in much deeper water than Paralip aris. The problem of origin and depth distribution of the southern Lip aridae is discussed.