Slender argentine
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Genus: | Microstoma G. Cuvier, 1816
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Species: | M. microstoma
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Microstoma microstoma (A. Risso, 1810)
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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 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. Its main food includes other fish, and its feces.
References
- 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