Slender argentine

Slender argentine
Slender argentine
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)

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.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Microstoma microstoma" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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