Argentina (fish)

Argentina Temporal range: Maastrichtian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Greater Argentine (Argentina silus)
Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Argentiniformes
Family:	Argentinidae
Genus:	Argentina Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Argentina /ɑːrdʒənˈtaɪnə/ is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.[1]

The earliest fossil member of this genus is Argentina voigti, known from otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Germany.[2][3]

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)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Argentina". FishBase. February 2012 version.
2. Near, Thomas J; Thacker, Christine E (18 April 2024). "Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
3. Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Jagt, John W. M. (2021-11-01). "Silicified otoliths from the Maastrichtian type area (Netherlands, Belgium) document early gadiform and perciform fishes during the Late Cretaceous, prior to the K/Pg boundary extinction event". Cretaceous Research. 127: 104921. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104921. ISSN 0195-6671.