WoRMS taxon details
Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758
126716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126716)
accepted
Species
Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
Argentina hebridica (Yarrell, 1839) · unaccepted
Argentina silus junior Risberg, 1835 · unaccepted
Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126716 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844) Costa, O. G. (1829-53). Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. <em>Fauna del regno di Napoli.</em> Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls.
page(s): Goniosoma, p. 2, Pl. 36 [details]
original description (of Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839) Yarrell, W. (1839). On a new species of smelt from the Isle of Bute. <em>8th meeting [1838]. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> v. 7 (pt. 2) (for 1838): 108-109.
page(s): 109 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844) Costa, O. G. (1829-53). Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. <em>Fauna del regno di Napoli.</em> Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls.
page(s): Goniosoma, p. 2, Pl. 36 [details]
original description (of Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839) Yarrell, W. (1839). On a new species of smelt from the Isle of Bute. <em>8th meeting [1838]. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> v. 7 (pt. 2) (for 1838): 108-109.
page(s): 109 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 315 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 315 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | trofta e detitargjendina | [details] |
| Danish | strømsild | [details] |
| Dutch | zilversmeltkleine zilversmelt | [details] |
| English | argentine | [details] |
| French | petite argentineagrentine | [details] |
| German | Glasauge | [details] |
| Italian | argentina | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Γουρλομάτης | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | strømsild | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | straumsild | [details] |
| Swedish | silverfisk | [details] |
| Turkish | derinsu gumus baligi | [details] |
| Welsh | pysgodyn arian bach | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argentina sphyraena)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina hebridica (Yarrell, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina silus junior Risberg, 1835)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argentina sphyraena RAD103989-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argentina sphyraena)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina cuvieri Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina hebridica (Yarrell, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina yarrelli Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Osmerus hebridicus Yarrell, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Argentina silus junior Risberg, 1835)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Goniosoma argentinum Costa, 1844)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argentina sphyraena RAD103989-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
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