Argentina (fish)

Argentina
Greater Argentine (Argentina silus)
Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Argentiniformes
Family:	Argentinidae
Genus:	Argentina Linnaeus, 1758

Argentina is a genus of herring smelts.

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)

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