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'''''Illex argentinus''''', commonly known as the '''Argentine Shortfin Squid''',<ref>[http://www.seafood-portal.com/ShellFish_Products/Illex_argentinus:Argentine_shortfin_squid ''Illex argentinus'']. Seafood Portal.</ref> is a species of [[squid]] in the family [[Ommastrephidae]].
'''''Illex argentinus''''', commonly known as the '''Argentine Shortfin Squid''',<ref>[http://www.seafood-portal.com/ShellFish_Products/Illex_argentinus:Argentine_shortfin_squid ''Illex argentinus'']. Seafood Portal.</ref> is a species of [[squid]] in the family [[Ommastrephidae]].

It is the 5th-most commercially fished [[species]] of squid, with 511,087 tons taken a year, or 23.3% of the entire [[squid]] harvest.


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Illex argentinus
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I. argentinus
Binomial name
Illex argentinus
(Castellanos, 1960)
Synonyms
  • Ommastrephes argentinus
    Castellanos, 1960

Illex argentinus, commonly known as the Argentine Shortfin Squid,[1] is a species of squid in the family Ommastrephidae.

It is the 5th-most commercially fished species of squid, with 511,087 tons taken a year, or 23.3% of the entire squid harvest.

References

  1. ^ Illex argentinus. Seafood Portal.