''Mullus argentinae'', the Argentine goatfish, is a species of

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, a

goatfish The goatfishes are perciform fish of the family Mullidae. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus ''Mullus''. The family name and the English common name mullet derived from Lati ...

from the

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Mullidae The goatfishes are perciform fish of the family Mullidae. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus ''Mullus''. The family name and the English common name mullet derived from Lati ...

which is native to the western South Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to northern Argentina. This species was formally described in 1933 by

Carl Leavitt Hubbs Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Youth He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth (née Goss) Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs (f ...

and

Tomás Leandro Marini Tomás Leandro Marini (February 27, 1902 – December 2, 1984) was an Argentine ichthyologist. Work Argentine hake (''Argentine hake, Merluccius hubbsi''), 1933 External links John Simon Guggenheim Foundation , Tomás Leandro Marini
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with the type locality given as the port of

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in Argentina.

References

{{Taxonbar, from = Q2242502 argentinae Fish described in 1933