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Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Alice Holland was a former Secretary, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Systematics Laboratory, USNM. She was honoured for her “devoted” services to ichthyology. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Cohen & Atsaides.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 97 - 300 m (Ref. 9270), usually 100 - 160 m (Ref. 9270). Tropical; 13°N -
Eastern Pacific: Nicaragua to Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9270)
Forms schools near the bottom (Ref. 9270). Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 9270). Utilized as fishmeal (Ref. 9270). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Schneider, M., 1995. Argentinidae. Argentinas. p. 858-859. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9270)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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