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| Genus: | Microstoma Cuvier, 1816
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| Species: | M. microstoma
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| Microstoma microstoma (Risso, 1810)
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The slender argentine, Microstoma microstoma, is a species of smelt, the only member of the genus Microstoma, found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas. Its length is between 10 and 21 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Microstoma microstoma" in FishBase. May 2006 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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