71 Species in Family Atherinidae
Nominal species list for Atherinidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Alepidomus evermanni (Eigenmann, 1903)
Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 Big-scale sand smelt
Atherina breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 Cape silverside
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 Mediterranean sand smelt
Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961
Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829 Sand smelt
Atherinason hepsetoides (Richardson, 1843) Smallscale hardyhead
Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2002 Spatular-scale silverside
Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835) Tropical silverside
Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Eendracht Land silverside
Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838) Red Sea hardyhead silverside
Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Hawaiian Islands silverside
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) Wide-banded hardyhead silverside
Atherinomorus lineatus (Günther, 1872) Lined silverside
Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacepède, 1803) Narrow-banded hardyhead silverside
Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910) Culion silverside
Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848) Hardhead silverside
Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Ogilby's hardyhead
Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger, 1879) Elongate hardyhead
Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861) Smallmouth hardyhead
Atherion africanum Smith, 1965 Pricklenose silverside
Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901 Bearded silverside
Atherion maccullochi Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 McCulloch's hardyhead
Bleheratherina pierucciae Aarn & Ivantsoff, 2009
Craterocephalus amniculus Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990 Darling river hardyhead
Craterocephalus capreoli Rendahl, 1922 North-west hardyhead
Craterocephalus centralis Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990 Finke river hardyhead
Craterocephalus cuneiceps Whitley, 1944 Deep hardyhead
Craterocephalus dalhousiensis Ivantsoff & Glover, 1974 Dalhousie hardyhead
Craterocephalus eyresii (Steindachner, 1883) Lake Eyre hardyhead
Craterocephalus fistularis Crowley, Ivantsoff & Allen, 1995
Craterocephalus fluviatilis McCulloch, 1912 Murray hardyhead
Craterocephalus fulvus Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987 Unspecked hardyhead
Craterocephalus gloveri Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990 Glovers hardyhead
Craterocephalus helenae Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987 Drysdale hardyhead
Craterocephalus honoriae (Ogilby, 1912) Estuarine hardyhead
Craterocephalus kailolae Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987 Kailola's hardyhead
Craterocephalus lacustris Trewavas, 1940 Kutubu hardyhead
Craterocephalus laisapi Larson, Ivantsoff & Crowley, 2005
Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987 Freckled hardyhead
Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987 Magela hardyhead
Craterocephalus marjoriae Whitley, 1948 Marjorie's hardyhead
Craterocephalus mugiloides (McCulloch, 1912) Spotted hardyhead
Craterocephalus munroi Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1988 Munro's hardyhead
Craterocephalus nouhuysi (Weber, 1910) Mountain hardyhead
Craterocephalus pauciradiatus (Günther, 1861) Few-ray hardyhead
Craterocephalus pimatuae Crowley, Ivantsoff & Allen, 1991 Pima hardyhead
Craterocephalus randi Nichols & Raven, 1934 Kubuna hardyhead
Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Günther, 1867) Fly-specked hardyhead
Craterocephalus stramineus (Whitley, 1950) Blackmast
Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz, 1953 Barnes' silverside
Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 Sulawesi Silverside
Hypoatherina crenolepis (Schultz, 1953) Crenulated silverside
Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 Red Sea silverside
Hypoatherina harringtonensis (Goode, 1877) Reef silverside
Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 Okinawan silverside
Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura, 2012
Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935) Fijian silverside
Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) Samoan silverside
Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley, 1948) Whitley's silverside
Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks, 1901)
Hypoatherina valenciennei (Bleeker, 1854) Sumatran silverside
Hypoatherina woodwardi (Jordan & Starks, 1901)
Kestratherina brevirostris Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988 Short-snout hardyhead
Kestratherina esox (Klunzinger, 1872) Pikehead hardyhead
Leptatherina presbyteroides (Richardson, 1843) Silver fish
Leptatherina wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) Western hardyhead
Sashatherina giganteus Ivantsoff & Allen, 2011
Stenatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) Panatella silverside
Teramulus kieneri Smith, 1965 Kiener's silverside
Teramulus waterloti (Pellegrin, 1932)
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