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	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Teleostean Groups
	Atherinidae: Menidiinae

After Nelson, 1994, Dyer & Chernoff 1996 and Froese & Pauly, 2001

<==o Menidiinae Schultz ()?
   |--o Membradini Schultz ()?
   |  |-- Atherinella Steindachter [Archomenidia, Coleotropis, Eurystole, Melaniris, Nectarges, Xenatherina, Xenomelarinis]
   |  `--+--o Melanorhinus Metzelaar ()? [3]
   |     |  |-- M. boekei Metzelaar, 1919 (St. Maarten pejerry)
   |     |  |-- M. cyanellus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Blackside silverside)
   |     |  `-- M. microps (Poey, 1860) (Querimana silverside)
   |     `--o Membras
   |        |-- M. analis (Schultz, 1948) (Backwaters silverside)
   |        |-- M. argentea (Schultz, 1948)
   |        |-- M. gilberti (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Landia silverside)
   |        |-- M. laciniata (Swain, 1883)
   |        |-- M. martinica (Valenciennes, 1835) (Rough silverside)
   |        `-- M. vagrans (Goode & Bean, 1879)
   `--o Menidiini Chernoff ()?
      |-- Chirostoma Swainson ()? [22]
      |--  Labidesthes sicculus Cope, 1865 (Brook silverside)
      |--o Menidia Bonaparte; Plioc. R. NA. ()?
      |  |-- M. beryllina (Cope, 1867) (Inland silverside)
      |  |-- M. clarkhubbsi Echelle & Mosier, 1982
      |  |-- M. colei Hubbs, 1936
      |  |-- M. conchorum Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927 (Key silverside)
      |  |-- M. extensa Hubbs & Raney, 1946 (Waccamaw silverside)
      |  |-- M. menidia (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic silverside)
      |  `-- M. peninsulae (Goode & Bean, 1879) (Tidewater silverside)
      `--o Poblana de Buen ()?
         |-- P. alchichica de Buen, 1945
         |-- P. ferdebueni Solórzano & López, 1965
         |-- P. letholepis Alvarez, 1950
         `-- P. squamata Alvarez, 1950

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

Dyer, B. S. & Chernoff, B., 1996: Phylogenetic relationships among atheriniform fishes (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha). –Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 117, #1, pp. 1-69

Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org

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.