Mullus argentinae, the Argentine goatfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a goatfish from the family Mullidae which is native to the western South Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to northern Argentina.[1] This species was formally described in 1933 by Carl Leavitt Hubbs and Tomás Leandro Marini with the type locality given as the port of Quequén in Argentina.[2]

Mullus argentinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Mullus
Species:
M. argentinae
Binomial name
Mullus argentinae
Hubbs & Marini, 1933

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mullus argentinae". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Mullus argentinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 April 2020.