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Argentina striata
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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).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 600 m (Ref. 57911), usually 100 - 200 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 48°N - 35°S, 56°W - 98°W (Ref. 57911)
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Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Florida, USA and around Gulf of Mexico; along coasts of Central America and South America to Brazil, and Uruguay (Ref. 47377).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)
Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Scales lacks tiny spines. Swim bladder not silvery (Ref. 7251). Six gill rakers on lower arm of first gill arch (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found on soft bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
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Genome
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Human related
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Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
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Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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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=0.00417 (0.00227 - 0.00767), b=3.15 (2.98 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
High. |