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Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335); georgei: Named for George Clipper who provided efficient assistance to the authors of this species (Ref. 40914).
More on authors: Cohen & Atsaides.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 220 - 457 m (Ref. 37039), usually 274 - 402 m (Ref. 40914). Deep-water; 9°C - 17°C (Ref. 37039)
Western Central Atlantic: east coast of Florida to the Dry Tortugas, Bahama Banks, and off the northern coast of Cuba, the Antilles, and Central America.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 37039)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 10 - 11. Dark brown with black mid-dorsal stripe dorsally; light with large, dark chromatophores forming band midventrally from isthmus to vent (Ref. 37039).
Found over mud and mud-shell bottoms (Ref. 37039).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm, 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p. (Ref. 37039)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10 - 18.4, mean 13.4 °C (based on 56 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00163 - 0.00807), b=3.17 (2.98 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).