Argentina elongata is a herring smelt found around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between . Its length is up to . It is a species of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.

References

• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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