The Korean standard names for Antarctic fish have been established for the first time in the country. The National Institute of Fisheries Science announced on September 22 that the establishment of the Korean standard names and naming principles for Antarctic fish is the first official achievement of the "Research on the Establishment of Korean Standard Names and Naming Principles for Antarctic Fish," jointly promoted with the Polar Research Institute. After the signing of a work agreement between the two institutions in April 2024, the Fisheries Science Institute and the Polar Research Institute selected 147 ecologically and morphologically important species from among the approximately 2,000 species living in the Antarctic Ocean and established their Korean standard names and naming principles. In this process, the fish species previously called "mero" in Japanese in our country will be referred to as "Patagonia toothfish" or "Antarctic toothfish," and the species without a Korean name will be referred to as "silverfish."