Argentina sphyraena, Argentine : fisheries

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Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758

Argentine
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Norway country information

Common names: Strømsild
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Herdlefjorden (Ref. 115101).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://odin.dep.no/fid/eng/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Muus, B. and P. Dahlström, 1978
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Petite argentine, Pez plata, Lesser argentine, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 700 m (Ref. 56504). Deep-water; 71°N - 24°N, 19°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: northern Norway to Western Sahara including southern Iceland, Faroe Islands, Shetlands and Mediterranean.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35388); common length : 20.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4458); Età massima riportata: 16 anni (Ref. 35388)

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Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Relatively common on the continental shelf and upper slope, probably schools near the bottom. Depth range from 50-500 m (Ref. 35388) and from 288-700 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feeds on bottom-living polychaetes, mollusks and crustaceans, also on pelagic invertebrates and fishes. Spawns from winter to spring in the Mediterranean and from March to July off the British coasts. Its eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 4773). They become sexually mature at a length of 12-13cm. With a smell like cucumber (Ref. 35388).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Cohen, D.M., 1990. Argentinidae. p. 235-238. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4458)

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

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 6.4 - 13.3, mean 8 °C (based on 277 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00281 - 0.00468), b=3.18 (3.11 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 4.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tmax=7; K=0.27).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (7 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.5 [18.5, 90.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.482 [0.170, 1.228] mg/100g; Protein = 14.8 [12.5, 16.8] %; Omega3 = 0.403 [0.166, 1.092] g/100g; Selenium = 19.8 [8.1, 44.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.6 [2.5, 50.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.456 [0.300, 0.710] mg/100g (wet weight);