Argentina (fish)
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| Greater Argentine (Argentina silus) | |
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| Argentine (Argentina sphyraena) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Argentinidae |
| Genus: | Argentina Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Argentina /ɑːrdʒənˈtaɪnə/ is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.[1]
The earliest fossil member of this genus is Argentina voigti, known from otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Germany.[2][3]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Argentina". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Near, Thomas J; Thacker, Christine E (18 April 2024). "Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65: 101. Bibcode:2024BPMNH..65..101N. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Jagt, John W. M. (2021-11-01). "Silicified otoliths from the Maastrichtian type area (Netherlands, Belgium) document early gadiform and perciform fishes during the Late Cretaceous, prior to the K/Pg boundary extinction event". Cretaceous Research. 127 104921. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12704921S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104921. ISSN 0195-6671.