Mullus argentinae
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| Mullus argentinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Mullus |
| Species: | M. argentinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Mullus argentinae | |
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]