The slender argentine, ''Microstoma microstoma'', is a species of
pencil smelt
The Microstomatidae (pencil smelts) are a family of marine smelts native to the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the ...
, found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas. This species grows to a length of
TL.
Its main food includes other fish, and its feces.
References
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
Microstomatidae
Fish described in 1810
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