| Slender argentine | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Microstomatidae |
| Genus: | Microstoma Cuvier, 1816 |
| Species: | M. microstoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Microstoma microstoma (Risso, 1810) |
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The slender argentine, Microstoma microstoma, is a species of smelt, the only member of the genus Microstoma, found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas. Its length is between 10 and 21 cm.