Overview
Family : Argentines or herring smelts ; Probably form schools close to the bottom . Feeds on planktonic invertebrates including euphausiids , amphipods , chaetognaths , squids and ctenophores, also small fishes . Spawns from April to July[1]. Growth is slow. Eggs and young are pelagic at depths of 400-500m. Used fresh or in fish meal production [2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Almindelig Guldlaks, Guldlaks
Common Names in Dutch:
Grote Zilvervis
Common Names in English:
Atlantic Argentine, Great Silver Smelt, Greater Amberjack, Greater Argentine, Herring Smelt, Smelt
Common Names in Faroese:
Gulllaksur
Common Names in Finnish:
Kultakuore
Common Names in French:
Grande Argentine, Saumon Dor
Common Names in German:
Glasauge, Goldlachs, Gro
Common Names in Icelandic:
St
Common Names in Italian:
Argentina Maggiore
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
大西洋水珍魚, 大西洋水珍鱼
Common Names in Norwegian:
Vassild
Common Names in Polish:
Argentyna Wielka
Common Names in Portuguese:
Argentina Dourada, Argentina-Dourada
Common Names in Russian:
Severoatlanticheskaya Argentina
Common Names in Spanish:
Argentina, Pejerrey, Pez De Plata Grande, Pez Plata, Sula, Tomasa
Common Names in Swedish:
Guldlax, Str
Description
Habitat
May be found at depths of 140 to 1440 meters. Usually found at depths of 150 to 550 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,865 meters (0 to -9,400 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Migration
Oceanodromous .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Suborder:
Argentinoidei
()
- Family:
Argentinidae
()
- Genus:
Argentina
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
silus
- (Ascanius, 1775)
- Scientific name: - Argentina silus (Ascanius, 1775)
- Specific name:
silus
- (Ascanius, 1775)
- Genus:
Argentina
(
- Family:
Argentinidae
(
- Suborder:
Argentinoidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Salmo silus Ascanius
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 21-Jul-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Argentina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aliceae (Alice Argentina (FB)) · A. australiae (Deepsea Smelt) · A. brucei (Argentine Croaker) · A. egedii groenlandica (Pacific Silverweed) · A. elongata (Angelfish) · A. elongata australiae (Silverside) · A. kagoshimae (Smallmouth Argentine) · A. sialis (North Pacific Argentine) · A. silus (Atlantic Argentine) · A. sphyraena (Argentine) · A. striata (Striated Argentine)
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Further Reading
- Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein (2000). Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.
- Bykov, V.P. (1983). Marine fishes: chemical composition and processing properties. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. 333 p.
- Cohen, D.M. (1984). Argentinidae (including Microstomatidae). p. 386-391. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Volume 1. Unesco, Paris.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Haedrich, R.L. and N.R. Merrett (1988). Summary atlas of deep-living demersal fishes in the North Atlantic Basin. Journal of Natural History 22:1325-1362.
- Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds. 2002. Argentines: Family Argentinidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 160-162. ISBN: 1-56098-951-3.
- Kullander, S.O. (1999). Swedish fishes: checklist of Swedish fishes. Swedish Museum of Natural History. http://www.nrm.se/ve/pisces/allfish.shtml.en, 25 May 1999.
- Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith 2003. An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
- Muus, B. and P. Dahlström (1978). Meeresfische der Ostsee, der Nordsee, des Atlantiks. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München. 244 p.
- Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p.
- Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlstrøm (1989). Havfisk og Fiskeri i Nordvesteuropa. GEC Gads Forlag, København, 244 p. (in Danish).
- Nielsen, J.G. and E. Bertelsen (1992). Fisk i grønlandske farvande. Atuakkiorfik, Nuuk. 65 s.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- McCosker, John (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum
- GBIF-Sweden: Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: DFO Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys Fish Observations (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data (NEFSC,NMFS,NOAA)(USOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes (OBIS Canada)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology: Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3862863
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23914
- Fishbase Species ID: 2700
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13683851
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162064
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCHE01020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102927
Footnotes
- Cohen, D.M. (1984). Argentinidae (including Microstomatidae). p. 386-391. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Volume 1. Unesco, Paris. [back]
- Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. [back]
- Mean = -422.060 meters (-1,384.711 feet), Standard Deviation = 625.090 based on 4,718 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
