Argentina elongata
Argentina elongata is a species of fish in the family Argentinidae found around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 69 and 600 m (226 and 1,969 ft). Its length is up to 25.0 centimetres (9.8 in). It is a species of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.
A. elongata by Frank Edward Clarke
| Argentina elongata | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Argentinidae |
| Genus: | Argentina |
| Species: | A. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Argentina elongata F. W. Hutton, 1879 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Argentina elongata" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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