Argentina (fish)

Argentina
Temporal range:
Greater Argentine (Argentina silus)
Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Argentinidae
Genus: Argentina
Linnaeus, 1758

Argentina /ɑːrənˈtnə/ is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.

The earliest fossil member of this genus is Argentina voigti, known from otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Germany.

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