''Glossanodon'' is a genus of fishes in the family

Argentinidae The herring smelts or argentines are a family, Argentinidae, of marine smelts. They are similar in appearance to smelt (fish), smelts (family Smelt (fish), Osmeridae) but have much smaller mouths. They are found in oceans throughout the world. ...

Extant species

There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus: * '' Glossanodon australis'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Southern herring smelt) * '' Glossanodon danieli'' Parin & Shcherbachev, 1982 * '' Glossanodon elongatus'' Kobyliansky, 1998 * '' Glossanodon kotakamaru'' Endo & Nashida, 2010 (Kotaka’s argentine) * ''

Glossanodon leioglossus ''Glossanodon'' is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae. Extant species There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus: * '' Glossanodon australis'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Southern herring smelt) * '' Glossanodon danieli'' ...

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, 1848) (Small-toothed argentine) * ''

Glossanodon lineatus ''Glossanodon'' is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae. Extant species There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus: * '' Glossanodon australis'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Southern herring smelt) * '' Glossanodon danieli'' ...

'' ( Matsubara, 1943) * ''

Glossanodon melanomanus ''Glossanodon'' is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae. Extant species There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus: * '' Glossanodon australis'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Southern herring smelt) * '' Glossanodon danieli'' ...

'' Kobyliansky, 1998 * '' Glossanodon microcephalus'' Endo & Nashida, 2012Endo, H. & Nashida, K. (2012): ''Glossanodon microcephalus'', a New Argentine Fish from Japan and the South China Sea (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae). ''Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 17–26.'' * '' Glossanodon mildredae'' Cohen & Atsaides, 1969 * '' Glossanodon nazca'' Parin & Shcherbachev, 1982 * '' Glossanodon polli'' Cohen, 1958 * '' Glossanodon pseudolineatus'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Saddled herring smelt) * '' Glossanodon pygmaeus'' Cohen, 1958 (Pygmy argentine) * '' Glossanodon semifasciatus'' (

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, 1904) (Deep-sea smelt) * '' Glossanodon struhsakeri'' Cohen, 1970 (Struhsaker's deep-sea smelt)

Fossil species

From the fossil record, two species are known, originally described as ''Proargentina inclinata'' (Danilt'chenko 1960) and ''P. nebulosa'' (Danilt'chenko 1962) from the

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and Early Eocene Dabakhana Svita Formation of

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respectively.''Proargentina inclinata''
at Fossilworks.org''Proargentina nebulosa''
at Fossilworks.org Jerzmanska assigned ''Proargentina'' synonymous with ''Glossanodon'' in 1968.Constantin, 1999, p.124

References

Bibliography

* Argentinidae Extant Ypresian first appearances Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot Fish described in 1867 {{Argentiniformes-stub