Glossanodon is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.
Extant species
There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus:
- Glossanodon australis <small>Kobyliansky, 1998</small> (Southern herring smelt)
- Glossanodon danieli <small>Parin & Shcherbachev, 1982</small>
- Glossanodon elongatus <small>Kobyliansky, 1998</small>
- Glossanodon kotakamaru <small>Endo & Nashida, 2010</small> (KotakaâÂÂs argentine)
- Glossanodon leioglossus <small>(Valenciennes, 1848)</small> (Small-toothed argentine)
- Glossanodon lineatus <small>(Matsubara, 1943)</small>
- Glossanodon melanomanus <small>Kobyliansky, 1998</small>
- Glossanodon microcephalus <small>Endo & Nashida, 2012</small>
- Glossanodon mildredae <small>Cohen & Atsaides, 1969</small>
- Glossanodon nazca <small>Parin & Shcherbachev, 1982</small>
- Glossanodon polli <small>Cohen, 1958</small>
- Glossanodon pseudolineatus <small>Kobyliansky, 1998</small> (Saddled herring smelt)
- Glossanodon pygmaeus <small>Cohen, 1958</small> (Pygmy argentine)
- Glossanodon semifasciatus <small>(Kishinouye, 1904)</small> (Deep-sea smelt)
- Glossanodon struhsakeri <small>Cohen, 1970</small> (Struhsaker's deep-sea smelt)
Fossil species
From the fossil record, two species are known, originally described as Proargentina inclinata (Danilt'chenko 1960) and P. nebulosa (Danilt'chenko 1962) from the Early Oligocene and Early Eocene Dabakhana Svita Formation of Georgia respectively. Jerzmanska assigned Proargentina synonymous with Glossanodon in 1968.
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