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Argentina sphyraena Argentine

Argentina sphyraena is commonly referred to as Argentine. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1685 
AphiaID:
126716 
Scientific:
Argentina sphyraena 
German:
Glasauge, Silberfisch 
English:
Argentine 
Category:
Smelt 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Argentiniformes (Order) > Argentinidae (Family) > Argentina (Genus) > sphyraena (Species) 
Initial determination:
Linnaeus, 1758 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, the North Sea, Algeria, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Iceland, Morocco, Philippines, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
50 - 700 Meter 
Size:
7.87" - 13.78" (20cm - 35cm) 
Temperature:
35.6 °F - 82.4 °F (2°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Argentina achillea
  • Argentina adinophylla
  • Argentina adulterina
  • Argentina aliceae
  • Argentina anserina
  • Argentina anserinoides
  • Argentina archboldiana
  • Argentina aristata
  • Argentina assimilis
  • Argentina australiae
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2005-10-20 14:26:14 

Info

Linnaeus, 1758

Special thanks for the foto to Erling Svensen, Norway.

Common on the continental shelf.

Depth range from 50-700 m.

Feeds on bottom-living aninmals.
Spawns from winter to spring in the Mediterranean and from March to July off the British isles.

Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848
Argentina hebridica (Yarrell, 1839)
Argentina silus junior Risberg, 1835
Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848
Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844
Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Ole Johann Brett (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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