Argentina (fish) explained
Argentina is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.
The earliest fossil member of this genus is Argentina voigti, known from otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Germany.[1] [2]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
- 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)
Notes and References
- 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 . 10.3374/014.065.0101 . free.
- 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 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104921 . 0195-6671. free .
