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Summary for Argentina sphyraena Larvae
Argentine

Argentina  sphyraena  Linnaeus, 1758
Family:	Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Order:	Osmeriformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Argentine
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: northern Norway to Western Sahara including southern Iceland, Faroe Islands, Shetlands and western 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 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; 70°N - 25°N
Main Ref:	Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37)
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	Checked: Giovanardi, Otello	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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