Argentinidae
Sign in to saveThe herring smelts or argentines are a family, Argentinidae, of marine smelts. They are similar in appearance to smelts (family Osmeridae) but have much smaller mouths. thumb|left|Ontogenic series of a fossil species of the genus Argentina, the Geological Museum, Copenhagen They are found in oceans throughout the world. They are small fishes, growing up to long, except the greater argentine, Argentina silus, which reaches .
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The herring smelts or argentines are a family, Argentinidae, of marine smelts. They are similar in appearance to smelts (family Osmeridae) but have much smaller mouths. thumb|left|Ontogenic series of a fossil species of the genus Argentina, the Geological Museum, Copenhagen They are found in oceans throughout the world. They are small fishes, growing up to long, except the greater argentine, Argentina silus, which reaches .
They form large schools close to the sea floor, and feed on plankton, especially krill, amphipods, small cephalopods, chaetognaths, and ctenophores.