Glossanodon

There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus: • Glossanodon mildredae Cohen & Atsaides, 1969 • Glossanodon nazca Parin & Shcherbachev, 1982 • Glossanodon polli Cohen, 1958 • Glossanodon pseudolineatus Kobyliansky, 1998 (Saddled herring smelt) • Glossanodon pygmaeus Cohen, 1958 (Pygmy argentine) • Glossanodon semifasciatus (Kishinouye, 1904) (Deep-sea smelt) • Glossanodon struhsakeri Cohen, 1970 (Struhsaker's deep-sea smelt) == Fossil species ==

From the fossil record, two species are known, originally described as Proargentina inclinata (Danilt'chenko 1960) and P. nebulosa (Danilt'chenko 1962) from the Early Oligocene and Early Eocene Dabakhana Svita Formation of Georgia respectively. Jerzmanska assigned Proargentina synonymous with Glossanodon in 1968. == References ==