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Class: Teleostei
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Argentinidae Argentines or herring smelts

Genus: Glossanodon

(See list of species below)


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15 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 19.1 cm SL
 
Glossanodon australis
[Southern herring smelt]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
 
Glossanodon danieli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.2 cm SL
 
Glossanodon elongatus
[]

Photo by Endo, H.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
Glossanodon kotakamaru Endo & Nashida, 2010

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Glossanodon kotakamaru
[Kotaka’s argentine]

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Glossanodon leioglossus (Valenciennes, 1848)

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Glossanodon leioglossus
[Smalltoothed argentine]
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Glossanodon lineatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.4 cm SL
 
Glossanodon macrocephalus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 19.5 cm SL
 
Glossanodon melanomanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.0 cm SL
 
Glossanodon mildredae
[]
No picture found
 
Glossanodon nazca
[]

Photo by Reiner, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 14.1 cm SL
Glossanodon polli Cohen, 1958

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Glossanodon polli
[]
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Max. Length 8 cm SL
 
Glossanodon pseudolineatus
[Saddled herring smelt]

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 11.3 cm SL
Glossanodon pygmaeus Cohen, 1958

Photo by Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.
 
Glossanodon pygmaeus
[Pygmy argentine]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.7 cm TL
Glossanodon semifasciatus (Kishinouye, 1904)

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Glossanodon semifasciatus
[Deep-sea smelt]
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Glossanodon struhsakeri
[Struhsaker's deep-sea smelt]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Glossanodon australis Southern herring smelt Southwest Pacific 19.1 SL 1998
Glossanodon danieli Southeast Pacific 12.3 SL 1982
Glossanodon elongatus Southwest Pacific. 10.2 SL 1998
Glossanodon kotakamaru Kotaka’s argentine Northwest Pacific 12.5 SL 2010
Glossanodon leioglossus Smalltoothed argentine Eastern Atlantic 20 TL 1848
Glossanodon lineatus Northwest Pacific 1943
Glossanodon macrocephalus Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea 16.4 SL 2019
Glossanodon melanomanus Western Indian Ocean 19.5 SL 1998
Glossanodon mildredae Western Indian Ocean 7.0 SL 1969
Glossanodon nazca Southeast Pacific 1982
Glossanodon polli Eastern Atlantic 14.1 SL 1958
Glossanodon pseudolineatus Saddled herring smelt Indo-Pacific 8 SL 1998
Glossanodon pygmaeus Pygmy argentine Western Atlantic 11.3 SL 1958
Glossanodon semifasciatus Deep-sea smelt Northwest Pacific 22.7 TL 1904
Glossanodon struhsakeri Struhsaker's deep-sea smelt Western Central Pacific 1970



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