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Atherina

Osteichthyes - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae

Taxonomy
Atherina was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mugiles by Agassiz (1835); to Atheriniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Carapidae by Girone et al. (2006); and to Atherinidae by Steurbaut (1979), Carnevale et al. (2011), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), Argyriou (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Atherina Linnaeus p. 315
1835Atherina Agassiz p. 43ff
1979Atherina Steurbaut p. 65
2002Atherina Sepkoski
2006Atherina Girone et al. p. 656
2011Atherina Carnevale et al. p. 750
2014Atherina Bannikov p. 26
2014Atherina Carnevale et al. p. 42
2022Atherina Argyriou p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderAtheriniformesRosen 1966
suborderAtherinoidei
familyAtherinidaeRisso 1827
genusAtherina

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Atherina Linnaeus 1758
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Atherina atropatiensis Carnevale et al. 2011
Atherina boyeri Risso 1810
Atherina gidjakensis Pobedina 1956
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Invalid names: Atherina austriaca Strashimirov 1981 [synonym], Atherina kalinoraensis Rueckert-Uelkuemen and Kaya 1993 [synonym], Otolithus albitus Djafarova 2006 [synonym], Rhombus karaganensis Suzin 1968 [synonym], Serranus noetlingi Koken 1891 [synonym], Trachinus mutabilis Koken 1891 [synonym]
Atherina macrocephala Agassiz 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available