| Nansenia oblita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Microstomatidae |
| Genus: | Nansenia |
| Species: | N. oblita |
| Binomial name | |
| Nansenia oblita (Facciolà, 1887) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Nansenia oblita, also called the forgotten argentine (from the specific name oblita, "forgotten") or the Mediterranean large-eyed argentine, is a species of fish in the pencil smelt family (Microstomatidae). [2] [3] [4]
Nansenia oblita is silvery in colour. Its length is maximum 18 cm (7.1 in). It has 10 or 11 dorsal soft rays, 9 or 10 anal soft rays, 28–30 gill rakers, 42–45 vertebrae, and 4 branchiostegal rays. [5] The proximal part of the adipose fin is unpigmented and its entire body is covered with guanine. [6] The base of the caudal and procurrent caudal-fin rays are pigmented. [7]
Nansenia oblita is pelagic, living in the northwest and eastern Atlantic Ocean, western Mediterranean Sea and Adriatic Sea at depths of 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft). It is commonly found off Messina, Sicily. [8]
It spawns during winter in the Mediterranean, perhaps later in the Atlantic. [5] It lays spherical eggs of about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) diameter. [9] It feeds on zooplankton. [2]
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