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)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600