This project collects the genomic and transcriptomic data generated for Argentina silus, common name greater argentine, as part of the European Reference Genome Atlas Pilot Project (https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/pilot-project). The data under this project are made available subject to the Tree of Life Open Data Release Policy (https://www.darwintreeoflife.org/project-resources/). The assembly is provided by the Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Programme (https://www.sanger.ac.uk/programme/tree-of-life/) in collaboration with Svein-Ole Mikalsen (The University of the Faroe Islands, species ambassador ERGA), Helga Bára Mohr Vang (Faroe Marine Research Institute) and the European Reference Genome Atlas Pilot Project team.