Atherinidae Risso, 1827 
AphiaID: 125438

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Atheriniformes (Order)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Atheriniformes
Sources		basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subfamily Atherininae Risso, 1827    » Genus Atherina Linnaeus, 1758 » Genus Allanetta accepted as Craterocephalus » Genus Pranesus accepted as Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 Subfamily Atherinomorinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996    » Genus Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 » Genus Atherion Jordan & Starks, 1901 » Genus Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948 » Genus Teramulus Subfamily Craterocephalinae    » Genus Craterocephalus Genus Hapsetia accepted as Hepsetia Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Atherina Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Hepsetia Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Atherina Linnaeus, 1758
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125438
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2012-11-16 10:21:31Z   changed   Bailly, Nicolas
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		Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Atherinidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2013) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125438 on 2013-05-21