Argentina georgei
Argentina georgei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969
Blackbelly Argentine
Argentina georgei
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory


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Family:  Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Max. size:  14.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 220 - 457 m
Distribution:  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.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 10-11. Dark brown with black mid-dorsal stripe dorsally; light with large, dark chromatophores forming band midventrally from isthmus to vent (Ref. 37039).
Biology:  Found over mud and mud-shell bottoms (Ref. 37039).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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