FAMILY Atherinomoridae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996 - silversides, hardyhead silversides [=Atherioninae] Notes: Name in prevailing recent practice Atherioninae Schultz, 1948:3 [ref. 3966] (subfamily) Atherion Atherinomorinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996:5 [ref. 23238] (subfamily) Atherinomorus [family-group name used as valid by: Dyer 1997 [ref. 23262], Dyer 1998 [ref. 23858], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486]]

GENUS Alepidomus Hubbs, 1944 - silversides [=Alepidomus Hubbs [C. L.] 1944:7] Notes: [ref. 2249]. Masc. Atherina evermanni Eigenmann, 1903. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Alepidomus Hubbs 1944 -- (Dyer 2000:101 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711]). Current status: Valid as Alepidomus Hubbs, 1944. Atherinomoridae.

Species Alepidomus evermanni (Eigenmann, 1903) – Evermann's alepidomus [=Atherina evermanni Eigenmann [C. H.], 1903:228, Fig. 9] Notes: [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 1217] San Cristobal, Cuba. Current status: Valid as Alepidomus evermanni (Eigenmann, 1903). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Cuba. Habitat: freshwater.

GENUS Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 - silversides [=Atherinomorus (subgenus of Atherina) Fowler [H. W.], 1903:730, Pranesus Whitley [G. P.], 1930:9, Thoracatherina Fowler [H. W.], 1941:249] Notes: [ref. 1362]. Masc. Atherina laticeps Poey, 1860. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 -- (Whitehead & Ivantsoff 1983:361 [ref. 5418], White et al. 1984:360 [ref. 13655], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:119 [ref. 6441], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:1209 [ref. 13677], Ivantsoff 1986:382 [ref. 6292], Paxton et al. 1989:355 [ref. 12442], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1991:479 [ref. 19162], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:199 [ref. 24550], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2114 [ref. 24783], Dyer 2000:101 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:702 [ref. 28995], Kimura et al. 2007:145 [ref. 29157], Kimura 2009:46 [ref. 30426], Kottelat 2013:286 [ref. 33989], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711]). Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903. Atherinomoridae. (Pranesus) [ref. 4671]. Masc. Pranesus ogilbyi Whitley, 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Pranesus Whitley, 1930 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:578 [ref. 7217]). •Valid but spelled Prasenus -- (Kottelat 1989:16 [ref. 13605]). •Synonym of Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 -- (Whitehead & Ivantsoff 1983:361 [ref. 5418], Ivantsoff 1986:382 [ref. 6292], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1991:484 [ref. 19162], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:286 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903. Atherinomoridae. (Thoracatherina) [ref. 1438]. Fem. Atherina insularum Jordan & Evermann, 1903. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903 -- (Ivantsoff & Crowley 1991:484 [ref. 19162], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:286 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903. Atherinomoridae.

Species Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura et al., 2002 – spatular-scale silverside [=Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura [S.], Iwatsuki [Y.] & Yoshino [T.], 2002:240, Fig. 1] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 49 (no. 3); ref. 26333] Baguala Bay, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2002. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus crenolepis (Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1953) – crentulated silverside [=Allanetta crenolepis Schultz [L. P.], in Schultz et al., 1953:302, Fig. 46] Notes: [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Tara Island, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus crenolepis (Schultz, 1953). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) – tropical silverside [=Atherina duodecimalis Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835:458, Atherina balabacensis Seale [A.], 1910:498, Pl. 3 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka to East Indian Region, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine. (balabacensis) [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Balabac Island, Philippines. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) – Eendracht Land silverside [=Atherina endrachtensis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.], 1825:334, Atherina lineata Günther [A.], 1872:398] Notes: [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Shark Bay, Western Australia [apparently erroneous, probably New Guinea or Waigeo Island]. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and New Guinea east to Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine. (lineata) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 10 (no. 59) (art. 56); ref. 18194] Cebu, Philippines. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines and South China Sea (if valid). Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus forskalii (Ruppell, 1838) – Red Sea hardyhead silverside [=Atherina forskalii Rüppell [W. P. E. S.], 1838:132, Pl. 33 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) – Hawaiian Islands silverside [=Atherina insularum Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.], 1903:170, Pranesus insularum whitei Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:307, Fig. 48] Notes: [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Central Pacific: probably Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine. (whitei) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Saipan Island, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) – wide-banded hardyhead silverside [=Atherina lacunosa Forster [J. R.], in Bloch & Schneider, 1801:112, xxxi, Pranesus capricornensis Woodland [D. J.], 1961:540, Fig. 1, Pranesus maculatus Taylor [W. R.], 1964:140, Pl. 26, Hepsetia pinguis mineri Nichols [J. T.] & Roemhild [J.], 1951:57, Fig. 1, Atherina morrisi Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1906:697, Fig. 3, Pranesus pinguis ruppelli Smith [J. L. B.], 1965:617, Pl. 99 (Fog. b)] Notes: [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] New Caledonia [Balade, Province Nord, northeastern Grande Terre, southwestern Pacific]. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, to Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and Rapa; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine. (capricornensis) [Pacific Science v. 15 (no. 4); ref. 9394] Reef flat on Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia, Coral Sea, southwestern Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (maculatus) [Fishes of Arnhem Land v. 4; ref. 3498] Coral reef at Yirrkala, station M48-21, Northern Territory, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (mineri) [Marine Life, Occasional Paper 1 (no. 9); ref. 12907] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (morrisi) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 30 (no. 1462); ref. 10666] Miyanoura, Yakushima, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (ruppelli) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Atherinomorus nesogallica (Cuvier, 1829) – Cuvier's silverside [=Atherina nesogallica Cuvier [G.] (ex Commerson), 1829:235, Atherina pectoralis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:447] Notes: [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality (Reunion). Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus nesogallica (Cuvier, 1829). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Habitat: brackish, marine. (pectoralis) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Endracht's Land. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus nesogalicus (Cuvier, 1829). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacepede, 1803) – narrow-banded hardyhead silverside [=Atherina pinguis Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson), 1803:371, 373, Pl. 11 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 5; ref. 4930] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacepède, 1803). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa east to Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910) – Culion silverside [=Atherina regina Seale [A.], 1910:496, Pl. 3 (fig. 1)] Notes: [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Culion Island, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherinomorus stipes (Muller & Troschel, in Schomburgk, 1848) – hardyhead silverside [=Atherina stipes Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.], in Schomburgk, 1848:671 [16], Atherina laticeps Poey [F.], 1860:265, Atherina velieana Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.], 1880:342] Notes: [The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions.; ref. 17812] Barbados, West Indies. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic [doubtfully e. Pacific]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (laticeps) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (velieana) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 2 (no. 98); ref. 18135] Clearwater Harbor, Florida, U.S.A. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) – Ogilby's hardyhead silverside [=Atherina vaigiensis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.], 1825:335, Atherina cylindrica Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:453, Pranesus ogilbyi Whitley [G. P.] 1930:9] Notes: [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Australia [Waigeo [Waigiou] Island, Indonesia [probably erroneous]]. Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine. (cylindrica) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Australia [apparently not Waigeo Island, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia]. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine. (ogilbyi) [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 4671] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Atherion Jordan & Starks, 1901 - silversides [=Atherion Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1901:203] Notes: [ref. 2524]. Neut. Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Atherion Jordan & Starks, 1901 -- (White et al. 1984:360 [ref. 13655], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:119 [ref. 6441], Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292], Paxton et al. 1989:357 [ref. 12442], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2115 [ref. 24783], Paxton et al. 2006:704 [ref. 28995], Kimura 2009:47 [ref. 30426], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711] in Atherionidae). Current status: Valid as Atherion Jordan & Starks, 1901. Atherinomoridae.

Species Atherion africanum Smith, 1965 – pricklenose silverside [=Atherion africanus Smith [J. L. B.], 1965:607, Pl. 98 (fig. B), Fig. 2] Notes: [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Current status: Valid as Atherion africanum Smith, 1965. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901 – bearded silverside [=Atherion elymus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1901:203, Fig. 3, Atherion elymus aphrozoicus Schultz [L. P.], in Schultz et al., 1953:295, Atherion elymus asper Schultz [L. P.], in Schultz et al., 1953:294, Atherion elymus freyi Schultz [L. P.], in Schultz et al., 1953:292, Fig. 45] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1250); ref. 2524] Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Sagami Sea, Japan. Current status: Valid as Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean (Christmas Island) and Western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. Habitat: marine. (aphrozoicus) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Tara Island, Philippines. Current status: Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901. Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine. (asper) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Ocean reef at edge of channel, Bokon Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901. Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine. (freyi) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Oca Point, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901. Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Atherion maccullochi Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 – McCulloch's hardyhead [=Atherion maccullochi Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.], 1919:30] Notes: [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series [1919]; ref. 2485] Lord Howe Island, Australia. Current status: Valid as Atherion maccullochi Jordan & Hubbs, 1919. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948 - silversides [=Hypoatherina Schultz [L. P.], 1948:(8) 23, Stenatherina Schultz [L. P.], 1948:(7) 20] Notes: [ref. 3966]. Fem. Atherina uisila Jordan & Seale, 1906. Type by original designation. •Valid as Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948 -- (Whitehead & Ivantsoff 1983:361 [ref. 5418], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:119 [ref. 6441], Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292], Ivantsoff & Kottelat 1988 [ref. 6856], Paxton et al. 1989:359 [ref. 12442], Kottelat 1989:16 [ref. 13605], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2114 [ref. 24783], Dyer 2000:101 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:710 [ref. 28995], Kimura 2009:47 [ref. 30426], Sasaki & Kimura 2012:1 [ref. 32345], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:7 [ref 33189], Kottelat 2013:287 [ref. 32989], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:[6] [ref. 33189]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948. Atherinomoridae. (Stenatherina) [ref. 3966]. Fem. Atherina temminckii Bleeker, 1853 (= Atherina panatela Jordan & Richardson, 1908). Type by original designation. Apparently based on a misidentified type species, not temminckii of Bleeker (see Paxton et al. 1989:360 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Stenatherina Schultz, 1948 -- (White et al. 1984:360 [ref. 13655], Paxton et al. 1989:360 [ref. 12442], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2114 [ref. 24783], Paxton et al. 2006:713 [ref. 28995]). •Synonym of Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948 -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:[6] [ref. 33189]). Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina Schultz, 1948. Atherinomoridae.

Species Hypotherina barnesi Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1953 – Barnes' silverside [=Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz [L. P.], in Schultz et al., 1953:304, Fig. 47] Notes: [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon one half mile off Rongelap Island, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz, 1953. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands and Cook Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 – Celebes silverside [=Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.], 2012:348, Fig. 1-2] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 59 (no. 4); ref. 32279] Winenet Market in Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura, 2012. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Singapore and Palau. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger, 1884) – gudgeon silverside [=Atherina gobio Klunzinger [C. B.], 1884:130, Pl. 11 (figs. 4-4a)] Notes: [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger, 1884). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Red Sea. Habitat: marine. Species Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 – Red Sea silverside [=Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [D. S.], 2012:1, Figs. 1a, 2a, 3] Notes: [Ichthyological Research; ref. 32345] Eilat Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki & Kimura, 2012. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Red Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina harringtonensis (Goode, 1877) – reef silverside [=Atherina harringtonensis Goode [G. B.], 1877:297, Atherina araea Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.], 1884:27] Notes: [American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 3) v. 14 (no. 82) (art. 50); ref. 13360] Bermuda. Current status: Valid as Atherina harringtonensis Goode, 1877. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic; southeastern Pacific (Colombia). Habitat: marine. (araea) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 402); ref. 12325] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina harringtonensis (Goode, 1877). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina klunzingeri (Smith, 1965) – African silverside [=Allanetta klunzingeri Smith [J. L. B.], 1965:623, Pl. 100 (fig. D), Fig. 6] Notes: [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Inhaca Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina klunzingeri (Smith, 1965). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Mozambique and eastern souch South Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 – Okinawan silverside [=Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.], 2012:5, Figs. 1bc. 2b, 3] Notes: [Ichthyological Research; ref. 32345] Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki & Kimura, 2012. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Southern Japan and Indonesia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 – Sasaki's silverside [=Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.], 2012:351, Fig. 1-2] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 59 (no. 4); ref. 32279] Nuguria lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura, 2012. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Vietnam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935) – Fijian silverside [=Atherina ovalaua Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1935:401] Notes: [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea east to Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) – Panatela silverside [=Atherina panatela Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.], 1908:243, Fig. 6] Notes: [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Calayan Island, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: Indonesia east to Fiji and Marshall Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) – Samoan silverside [=Atherina temminckii Bleeker [P.], 1854:506, Atherina afra Peters [W. (C. H.)], 1855:436, Atherina brachypterus Bleeker [P.], 1851:243, Atherina cylindrica Klunzinger [C. B.], 1870:834] Notes: [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5; ref. 5965] Priaman, Sumatra; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Tuamotu Archipelago, China south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine. (afra) [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine. (brachypterus) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Whereabouts unknown. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854). Atherinomoridae. (cylindrica) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 20; ref. 2621] Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley, 1948) – Whitley's silverside [=Atherinosoma (Taeniomembras) tropicalis Whitley [G. P.], 1948:87] Notes: [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 4710] Whitsunday Passage, near Bowen, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley, 1948). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Australia and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks, 1901) – cobalt silverside [=Atherina tsurugae Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1901:202, Fig. 2, Atherina japonica Bleeker [P.], 1853:40, Pl. (figs. 2, 2a-b)] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1250); ref. 2524] Nagasaki, Japan. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks, 1901). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Japan and Korea. Habitat: marine. (japonica) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 7); ref. 340] Nagasaki, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks, 1901). Atherinomoridae.

Species Hypoatherina uisila (Jordan & Seale, 1906) – Pacific silverside [=Atherina uisila Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.], 1906:216, Fig. 23] Notes: [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina uisila (Jordan & Seale, 1906). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Solomon Island. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina valenciennei (Bleeker, 1854) – Sumatran silverside [=Atherina valenciennei Bleeker [P.], 1854:507, Haplocheilus argyrotaenia Tirant [G.], 1883:[25], Atherina bleekeri Günther [A.], 1861:398] Notes: [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5; ref. 5965] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Atherina valenciennei Bleeker, 1854. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: India east to Vanuatu, north to Korea, China and Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine. (argyrotaenia) [Bulletin de la Société des Études Indo-chinoises. Saigon. 1883; ref. 17920] Hué, Vietnam. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina valenciennei (Bleeker, 1854). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (bleekeri) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Chinese and Japanese seas. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina valenciennei (Bleeker, 1854). Atherinomoridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr, 1926) – Duncker's silverside [=Atherina villosa Duncker [G.] & Mohr [E.], 1926:135, Fig. 10] Notes: [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg. v. 42; ref. 15585] New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr, 1926). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Madang Lagoon and New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Hypoatherina woodwardi (Jordan & Starks, 1901) – Woodward's silverside [=Atherina woodwardi Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1901:200, Fig. 1] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1250); ref. 2524] Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Valid as Atherina woodwardi Jordan & Starks, 1901. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Teramulus Smith, 1965 - silversides [=Teramulus Smith [J. L. B.], 1965:619] Notes: [ref. 4135]. Masc. Teramulus kieneri Smith, 1965. Type by original designation. •Valid as Teramulus Smith, 1965 -- (Maugé 1986:279 [ref. 6218]). Current status: Valid as Teramulus Smith, 1965. Atherinomoridae.

Species Teramulus kieneri Smith, 1965 – Kiener's silverside [=Teramulus kieneri Smith [J. L. B.], 1965:619, Pl. 101 (fig. E); Fig. 4] Notes: [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Coastal swamps near Tamatave, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Teramulus kieneri Smith, 1965. Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Teramulus waterloti (Pellegrin, 1932) – Pellegrin's teramulus [=Atherina duodecimalis var. waterloti Pellegrin [J.], 1932:227] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 57; ref. 16389] Antikotazo Creek, District d'Ambilobé, Diégo Suarez Province, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Teramulus waterloti (Pellegrin, 1932). Atherinomoridae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater