Argentina is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.
The earliest fossil member of this genus is Argentina voigti, known from otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Germany.
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
- Argentina aliceae <small>Cohen & Atsaides, 1969</small> (Alice Argentina)
- Argentina australiae <small>Cohen, 1958</small>
- Argentina brasiliensis <small>Kobyliansky, 2004</small>
- Argentina brucei <small>Cohen & Atsaides, 1969</small> (Bruce's Argentine)
- Argentina elongata <small>F. W. Hutton, 1879</small>
- Argentina euchus <small>Cohen, 1961</small>
- Argentina georgei <small>Cohen & Atsaides, 1969</small>
- Argentina kagoshimae <small>D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902</small>
- Argentina sialis <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1890</small> (North-Pacific Argentine)
- Argentina silus <small>(Ascanius, 1775)</small> (Greater Argentine)
- Argentina sphyraena <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Argentine)
- Argentina stewarti <small>Cohen & Atsaides, 1969</small>
- Argentina striata <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896</small> (Striated Argentine)
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