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Taxon: Family Argentinidae Bonaparte, 1846 - argentines (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Bonaparte, 1846)
Original name:  Bonaparte, 1846: 5, 25. [subfamily "Argentinini"].
Subsequent rank: 

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Argentininae (Subfamily)
Type: Argentina (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; [<10 Jun 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Different rank: Argentininae (Subfamily)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zilversmelten Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: argentines Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 253; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: herring smelts Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 253.
: argentines Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2463.
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