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Argentina sialis
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Argentiniformes (Marine smelts) > Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335); sialis: sialis pertaining to a bird; the long sharp snout may have looked like a bird's beak to the describer (Ref. 4525).
More on author: Gilbert.
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335); sialis: sialis pertaining to a bird; the long sharp snout may have looked like a bird's beak to the describer (Ref. 4525).
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 11 - 325 m (Ref. 96339). Deep-water; 46°N - 22°N
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Pacific: from the mouth of Columbia River in Oregon, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9270); max. published weight: 0.00 g; max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 4525)
Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9270); max. published weight: 0.00 g; max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 4525)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 15; Vertebrae: 47 - 49. Branchiostegal rays: 5-5.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Oviparous, with pelagic eggs and epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 265). Frequently found in the stomachs of rockfishes (Ref. 4525).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous (Ref. 35603).
Main reference
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Schneider, M., 1995. Argentinidae. Argentinas. p. 858-859. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9270)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00389 (0.00210 - 0.00722), b=3.20 (3.04 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items. |
| Generation time | 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.54 (preliminary estimate); tmax=5). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |