Argentina georgei
| Argentina georgei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Argentinidae |
| Genus: | Argentina |
| Species: | A. georgei
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| Binomial name | |
| Argentina georgei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
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Argentina georgei the Blackbelly Argentine, is a species of fish in the family Argentinidae found in the western Atlantic Ocean along the coasts of Florida, the Caribbean islands and Central America where it occurs at depths of from 220 to 457 metres (722 to 1,499 ft). This species grows to a length of 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of George Clipper, of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Systematics Laboratory, at the U.S. National Museum.[2]
References
- Kent E. Carpenter, The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic, Volume 2 Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae), ISSN 1020-6868.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Argentina georgei". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARGENTINIDAE Bonaparte 1846 (Argentines or Herring Smelts)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 May 2025.