Family Melanotaeniidae (silverside)
Osteichthyes - Atheriniformes - Melanotaeniidae
Parent taxon: Atherinoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atherinidae, Atherionidae, Bedotiidae, Dentatherinidae, Isonidae, Phallostethidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melanotaeniidae in the database