Osteichthyes - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Parent taxon: Atherinoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atherionidae, Bedotiidae, Dentatherinidae, Isonidae, Melanotaeniidae, Phallostethidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae
Subtaxa: Atherina Atherinidarum Atherinomorus Merriamella Toroatherina
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 41 collections including 46 occurrences