Atheriniformes

The Atheriniformes, also known as the silversides, are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the Old World silversides, the Neotropical silversides, and several less-familiar families. The only prehistoric silverside is Palaeoatherina. You can find them in tropical and temperate marine and freshwater environments.

Taxonomy[change | change source]

Nelson 2016 classifies the families as follows:

Order Atheriniformes
- Suborder Atherinopsoidei
  - Family Atherinopsidae (New World silversides)
  - Family Notocheiridae (Surf silverside)
- Suborder Atherinoidei
  - Family Isonidae (Surf sardines)
  - Family Melanotaeniidae (Rainbowfishes and blue eyes)
  - Family Atherionidae (Pricklenose silversides)
  - Family Dentatherinidae (Mercer's tusked silverside)
  - Family Phallostethidae (Priapium fishes)
  - Family Atherinidae (Old World silversides)

Related pages[change | change source]

Palaeoatherina

References[change | change source]

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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Other websites[change | change source]

Atheriniformes on English Wikipedia