Slender argentine: Difference between revisions

Slender argentine
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Argentiniformes
Family:	Microstomatidae
Genus:	Microstoma
Species:	M. microstoma
Binomial name
	Microstoma microstoma; (A. Risso, 1810)

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The slender argentine, Microstoma microstoma, is a species of pencil smelt, found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas. This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. Its main food includes other fish, and its feces.

References[edit]

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Microstoma microstoma" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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+{{Short description|Species of fish}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Speciesbox
 | name = Slender argentine
 | image = Microstoma microstoma Gervais.jpg
 | image_caption =
-| status = NE
+| status = LC
-| status_system = iucn3.1
+| status_system = IUCN3.1
+| genus = Microstoma (fish)
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| species = microstoma
-| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
+| authority =  ([[Antoine Risso|A. Risso]], 1810)
-| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
-| ordo = [[Argentiniformes]]
-| familia = [[Microstomatidae]]
-| genus = '''''Microstoma'''''
-| genus_authority = [[Georges Cuvier|G. Cuvier]], 1816
-| species = '''''M. microstoma'''''
-| binomial = ''Microstoma microstoma''
-| binomial_authority =  ([[Antoine Risso|A. Risso]], 1810)
 }}
-The '''slender argentine''', ''Microstoma microstoma'', is a species of [[pencil smelt]], the only member of the [[genus]] ''Microstoma'', found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas.  This species grows to a length of {{convert|21|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|TL]].
+The '''slender argentine''', ''Microstoma microstoma'', is a species of [[pencil smelt]], found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas.  This species grows to a length of {{convert|21|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|TL]].
-It's main food include other fish, and its feces.
+Its main food includes other fish, and its feces.
 ==References==
-* {{FishBase species | genus = Microstoma | species = microstoma | month = February| year = 2012}}
+* {{FishBase | genus = Microstoma | species = microstoma | month = February| year = 2012}}
-* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'',  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
+* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'',  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q2112495}}
 [[Category:Microstomatidae]]
-[[Category:Monotypic fish genera]]
+[[Category:Fish described in 1810]]