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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).
Eponymy: George E Clipper was a technician in charge of x-raying fishes and reading the resultant radiographs at Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Systematics Laboratory, USNM. The authors expressed their gratitude for his ‘efficient assistance’. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Cohen & Atsaides.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री बाथीड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 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.
आकार / वज़न / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 37039)
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 11; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 10 - 11. Dark brown with black mid-dorsal stripe dorsally; light with large, dark chromatophores forming band midventrally from isthmus to vent (Ref. 37039).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found over mud and mud-shell bottoms (Ref. 37039).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा
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: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
साधन
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इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (संदर्भ
123201): 10 - 18.4, mean 13.4 °C (based on 56 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ
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 (संदर्भ
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
लौटाव (संदर्भ
120179): माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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