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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 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]].