Species: Argentina striata, Striated argentine
tongue - teeth front & sides
Argentina striata Goode & Bean, 1896
Striated argentine
Elongate, a little compressed, oval in cross-section; body depth 12.2% (9.7-15.6%); small, terminal mouth; top jaw toothless; top jawbones do not meet at front; teeth on center and sides of roof of mouth in continuous band; teeth on front and sides of tongue; branchiostegal rays of opercular membrane under throat 5; gill rakers robust, conical, 6 (occasionally 7) lower rakers; fins without spines; 1 dorsal fin plus a small adipose fin at rear, over anal; pectoral 19 (18-21), fin low on side; pelvics on midbelly, 12-15 rays, usually 13-15; anal fin at rear; tail forked; scales small, smooth; tail base relatively deep (19.2%, range 16.7-22.7%); vertebrae 49 (47-51).
Body translucent, head silver; lower 2/3 of body slivery; swim bladder silvery; no external pigment along lower midline (although dark pigment of gut lining may show through thin skin of the belly); some fish with throat peppered with dark dots; small fish sometimes with 8-9 dark blotches on upper body.
Size: 21 cm.
Habitat: bathypelagic over soft bottoms; may form aggregations.
Depth: 95-500 m.
Nova Scotia to Uruguay.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathypelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends N + S of GC
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- All species..
- Continent
- Extends North of GC
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 21
- Depth Range Min
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- 95
- Depth Range Max
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- 600
