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Argentina Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 125885

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order) > Argentinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Argentinidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Goniosoma
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch zilversmelt  [details]
French argentine  [details]
German Glasauge  [details]
Swedish gåsörter  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Argentina aliceae Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
Species Argentina australiae Cohen, 1958
Species Argentina brasiliensis Kobyliansky, 2004
Species Argentina brucei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
Species Argentina elongata Hutton, 1879
Species Argentina euchus Cohen, 1961
Species Argentina georgei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
Species Argentina kagoshimae Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Species Argentina sialis Gilbert, 1890
Species Argentina silus (Ascanius, 1775)
Species Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argentina stewarti Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
Species Argentina striata Goode & Bean, 1896

Species Argentina aphia Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810)
Species Argentina bonuk Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848 accepted as Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argentina glossodonta Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Argentina hebridica (Yarrell, 1839) accepted as Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argentina leioglossa Valenciennes, 1848 accepted as Glossanodon leioglossus (Valenciennes, 1848)
Species Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Argentina pennanti Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)
Species Argentina pretiosa Girard, 1854 accepted as Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1854)
Species Argentina retropinna Richardson, 1848 accepted as Retropinna retropinna (Richardson, 1848)
Species Argentina semifasciata Kishinouye, 1904 accepted as Glossanodon semifasciatus (Kishinouye, 1904)
Species Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848 accepted as Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125885
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-05 13:59:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-08-30 10:12:55Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2013-03-08 15:41:42Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Argentina Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125885 on 2013-05-23
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