Argentine
| Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||
| Family: | Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts) |
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| Order: | Argentiniformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Argentine | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: northern Norway to Western Sahara including southern Iceland, Faroe Islands, Shetlands and Mediterranean. | |||
| Adult biology: | Relatively common on the continental shelf and upper slope, probably schools near the bottom. Depth range from 50-500 m (Ref. 35388) and from 288-700 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feeds on bottom-living polychaetes, mollusks and crustaceans, also on pelagic invertebrates and fishes. Spawns from winter to spring in the Mediterranean and from March to July off the British coasts. Its eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 4773). They become sexually mature at a length of 12-13cm. With a smell like cucumber (Ref. 35388). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Appearence of opercular melanophores. The pigmentation consists of six groups of melanophores along the upper surface of the alimentary canal and on the postanal portion. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | deep-water; 71°N - 24°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Checked by: Giovanardi, Otello |
Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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