Atherinoidei Explained

Atherinoidei is a suborder of the order Atheriniformes comprising six families, with a mainly Old World distribution, although a few species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Families

The suborder contains the following families:^{[1] [2]}

• Family Isonidae Rosen, 1964 (surf sardines)
• Family Melanotaeniidae Gill, 1894 Rainbowfishes and blue-eyes
  • Subfamily Bedotiinae Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 Madagascar rainbowfishes
  • Subfamily Melanotaeniinae Gill, 1894 Rainbowfishes
  • Subfamily Pseudomugilinae Kner, 1867 Blue-eyes
  • Subfamily Telmatherininae Munro, 1958 Celebes rainbowfishes
• Family Atherionidae Schultz, 1948 Pricklenose silversides
• Family Dentatherinidae Patten & Ivantsoff 1983 Mercer’s tusked silverside
• Family Phallostethidae Regan 1916 priapiumfishes
  • Subfamily Phallostethinae Regan, 1916
  • Subfamily Gulaphallinae Herre, 1925
• Family Atherinidae Risso, 1827 Old World silversides
  • Subfamily Atherinomorinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996
  • Subfamily Craterocephalinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1966 Hardheads
  • Subfamily Bleheratherinae Aarn & Ivantsoff, 2009
  • Subfmaily Atherininae Risso, 1827

Notes and References

1. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . J. S. Nelson . T. C. Grande . M. V. H. Wilson . 2016 . 358–363 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6 . 2019-06-27 . 2019-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ . dead .
2. Richard van der Laan . William S. Eschmeyer . Ronald Fricke . 31014657 . amp . 2014 . Family-group names of Recent fishes . . 3882 . 2 . 001–230. 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . 25543675 . free .