Argentina silus, Greater argentine : fisheries

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Argentina silus (Ascanius, 1775)

Greater argentine
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Common names from other countries

Grande argentine, Atlantic argentine, Atlantic argentine, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Argentiniformes (Marine smelts) > Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Argentina: Latin, argentus = silver (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 55 - 1440 m (Ref. 117245), usually 55 - 550 m (Ref. 117245). Deep-water; 80°N - 42°N, 71°W - 31°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Svalbard to west coasts of Scotland and Ireland, deeper parts of North Sea and across the Wyville Thomson ridge to Denmark Strait. Western Atlantic: Davis Strait to George's Bank in Canada. Arctic Ocean: east to Finnmark, Norway, Barents Sea (Ref. 86838).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 26.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 35388); edad máxima reportada: 35 años (Ref. 35388)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 17. Scales with tiny spines on exposed parts. Dorsal fin begins above or nearly above tip of pectoral fin (Ref. 7251). Swim bladder elongated and silvery. Body slender to robust (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Prefer depths of 182.8-255.9 m, temperature 7-10°C and mean salinity 34 ppt (Ref. 5951). Probably form schools close to the bottom. Feeds on planktonic invertebrates including euphausiids, amphipods (arrow worms, krill and Thermisto (Ref. 5951)), chaetognaths, squids and ctenophores, also small fishes. Spawns from April to July (Ref. 4773). Growth is slow. Eggs and young are pelagic at depths of 400-500m. Used fresh or in fish meal production (Ref. 35388).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Cohen, D.M., 1984. Argentinidae (including Microstomatidae). p. 386-391. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Volume 1. Unesco, Paris. (Ref. 4773)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 1.4 - 10.2, mean 5.5 °C (based on 587 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00355 (0.00202 - 0.00624), b=3.20 (3.05 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.3   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 6.9 (5.5 - 7.9) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 24 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.12-0.14; tm=5-9).
Prior r = 0.34, 95% CL = 0.23 - 0.51, Based on 7 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 26.6 [9.2, 68.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.366 [0.142, 1.217] mg/100g; Protein = 15.4 [12.9, 17.6] %; Omega3 = 0.18 [0.06, 0.57] g/100g; Selenium = 22.1 [7.9, 58.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.9 [3.6, 193.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.487 [0.257, 0.975] mg/100g (wet weight);