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Argentina (fish)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Argentina

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Argentiniformes

Family
  
Argentinidae

Higher classification
  
Herring smelt

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Greater argentine, Herring smelt, Argentina sphyraena, Glossanodon, Argentina elongata

Argentina is a genus of herring smelts.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

  • Argentina aliceae Cohen & Atsaides, 1969 (Alice argentina)
  • Argentina australiae Cohen, 1958
  • Argentina brasiliensis Kobyliansky, 2004
  • Argentina brucei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969 (Bruce's argentine)
  • Argentina elongata F. W. Hutton, 1879
  • Argentina euchus Cohen, 1961
  • Argentina georgei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
  • Argentina kagoshimae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Argentina sialis C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (North-Pacific argentine)
  • Argentina silus (Ascanius, 1775) (Greater argentine)
  • Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 (Argentine)
  • Argentina stewarti Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
  • Argentina striata Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Striated argentine)

    • References

    Argentina (fish) Wikipedia
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