After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001- [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Atherinidae (silversides; hopeakyljet)
   |?- †Prosphyraena M. Eoc. Eu. 
   |?-o †Rhamphognathus [Mesogaster] M. Eoc. Eu.
   |  `-- †R. sphyraenoides
   |?- †Zanteclites Mioc. NA. 
   |-- Atherinopsinae [Atherinopsidae: Atherinopsinae sensu Dyer & Chernoff, 1996] [6 genera, ]
   |-- Menidiinae [Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae sensu Dyer & Chernoff, 1996]
   `--o Atherininae [Atherinidae sensu Dyer & Chernoff, 1996; incl. Atherioninae, Atherinomorinae and Craterocephalinae]
      |-- Alepidomus evermanni (Eigenmann, 1903) Hubbs
      |-- Allanetta Whitley [not recognized by the Fishbase]
      |--o Atherina Linnaeus, 1758; M. Eoc. R. Eu. Mioc. R. As. R. NA. (hopeakyljet) [5]
      |  |-- A. boyeri Risso, 1810 (Big-scale sand smelt)
      |  |-- A. breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 (Cape silverside)
      |  |-- A. hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mediterranean sand smelt)
      |  |-- A. lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961
      |  `-- A. presbyter Cuvier, 1829 (hopeakylki; Sand smelt)
      |-- Atherinason hepsetoides (Richardson, 1843) Whitney
      |--o Atherinomorus Fowler [Hepsetia, Pranesus] [11]
      |  |-- A. balabacensis (Seale, 1910) (Balabac Island silverside)
      |  |-- A. capricornensis (Woodland, 1961) (Capricorn silverside)
      |  |-- A. cylindricus (Valenciennes, 1835) (Waigeo silverside)
      |  |-- A. duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Tropical silverside)
      |  |-- A. endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Eendracht Land silverside)
      |  |-- A. insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Hawaiian Islands silverside)
      |  |-- A. lacunosus (Forster, 1801) (Hardyhead silverside)
      |  |-- A. lineatus (Günther, 1872) (Lined silverside)
      |  |-- A. ogilbyi (Whitley, 1930) (Ogilby's silverside)
      |  |-- A. regina (Seale, 1910) (Culion silverside)
      |  `-- A. stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Hardhead silverside)
      |--o Atherinosoma Gastelnau [2]
      |  |-- A. elongata (Klunzinger, 1880)
      |  `-- A. microstoma (Günther, 1861) Small-mouth hardyhead
      |-- Atherion
      |-- Craterocephalus [Craterocephalinae]
      |-- Hypoatherina Schultz [9]
      |  |-- H. barnesi Schultz, 1953 (Barnes' silverside)
      |  |-- H. crenolepis (Schultz, 1953) (Crenulated silverside)
      |  |-- H. harringtonensis (Goode, 1877) (Reef silverside)
      |  |-- H. ovalaua (Herre, 1935) (Fijian silverside)
      |  |-- H. temminckii (Bleeker, 1853) (Samoan silverside)
      |  |-- H. tropicalis (Whitley, 1948) (Whitley's silverside)
      |  |-- H. tsurugae (Jordan & Starks, 1901)
      |  |-- H. valenciennei (Bleeker, 1853) (Sumatran silverside)
      |  `-- H. woodwardi (Jordan & Starks, 1901)
      |?-o Kestratherina Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last, & Crowley, 1988 [2]
      |  |-- K. brevirostris Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last, & Crowley, 1988 (Short-snout hardyhead)
      |  `-- K. esox (Klunzinger, 1872)
      |?-o Leptatherina Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last, & Crowley, 1988
      |  |-- L. presbyteroides (Richardson, 1843)
      |  `-- L. wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) (Western hardyhead)
      |-- Quirichthys Whitley [not recognized by the Fishbase]
      |-- Stenatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) Schultz (Panatella silverside)
      `?-o Teramulus Smith, 1965 [2]
         |-- T. kieneri Smith, 1965 (Kiener's silverside)
         `-- T. waterloti (Pellegrin, 1932)

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