Atherinomorinae

Subfamily of fishes

Atherinomorinae
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Subfamily: Atherinomorinae
Dyer & Chernoff 1996[1]

Atherinomorinae is a subfamily of silversides from the family, Atherinidae, the Old World silversides.[2]

Genera

The subfamily contains the following genera:[2]

  • Alepidomus C. L. Hubbs, 1944 (monotypic)
  • Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 (9 species)
  • Doboatherina Sasaki & Kimura, 2019 (between 3[3] and 8 species[4])
  • Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948 (either 13[5] or 15 species[6])
  • Stenatherina Schultz, 1948 (monotypic)
  • Teramulus J.L.B. Smith, 1965 (2 species)

References

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. ^ a b Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Doboatherina in FishBase. June 2024 version.
  4. ^ "Doboatherina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Hypoatherina in FishBase. June 2024 version.
  6. ^ Sasaki D.; Kimura S. (2014). "Taxonomic review of the genus Hypoatherina Schultz 1948 (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)". Ichthyological Research. 61 (3): 207–241. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0391-1.
Taxon identifiers
Atherinomorinae