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Teleostei (teleosts) > Argentiniformes (Marine smelts) > Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335); sialis: sialis pertaining to a bird; the long sharp snout may have looked like a bird's beak to the describer (Ref. 4525).
More on author: Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 11 - 325 m (Ref. 96339). Deep-water; 46°N - 22°N

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Eastern Pacific: mouth of Columbia River in Oregon, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9270); max. published weight: 0.00 g; max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 4525)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 15; Vertebrae: 47 - 49. Branchiostegal rays: 5-5.

Epipelagic or mesopelagic (Ref. 265). Frequently found in the stomachs of rockfishes (Ref. 4525). Oviparous, with pelagic eggs and pelagic larvae (Ref. 265).

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Oviparous (Ref. 35603).

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Schneider, M., 1995. Argentinidae. Argentinas. p. 858-859. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9270)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 9.1 - 18.5, mean 14.4 °C (based on 37 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00203 - 0.00712), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.54 (preliminary estimate); tmax=5).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Argentina sialis Gilbert, 1890