Description

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Common Names

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Deepsea smelt , English , Australia

Silverside , English , Australia

澳洲水珍魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

澳洲水珍鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Argentiniformes

Family: Argentinidae

Genus: Argentina

Species: Argentina australiae Cohen, 1958

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Southwest Pacific: Endemic to Australia (Eucla, Western Australia (127°19'E) to Smoky Cape, New South Wales (30°55'S).

Biology

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A temperate, mesopelagic, as well as benthic species (Ref. 7300, 75154) recorded from the continental shelf and slope (Ref.9563, 75154).

Habitat

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benthopelagic