After Nelson, 1994, and Dyer & Chernoff 1996, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001- [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Atherinopsinae Fowler
   |--o Atherinopsini Fowler
   |  |-- Atherinops affinis (Ayres, 1860) Steindachner (Topsmelt silverside)
   |  |-- Atherinopsis californiensis Girard, 1854 (Jack silverside)
   |  |--o Colpichthys Hubbs
   |  |  |-- C. hubbsi Crabtree, 1989 (Delta silverside)
   |  |  `-- C. regis (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (False grunion)
   |  `--o Leuresthes Jordan & Gilbert
   |     |-- L. sardina (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Gulf grunion)
   |     `-- L.  tenuis (Ayres, 1860) (California grunion)
   `--o Sorgentinini Pianta de Risso & Kendall
      |--o Basilichthys Girard
      |  |-- B. archaeus (Cope, 1878)
      |  |-- B. australis Eigenmann, 1928
      |  |-- B. microlepidotus (Jenyns, 1841)
      |  `-- B. semotilus (Cope, 1874)
      `--o Odontesthes Evermann & Kendall [17]
         |-- O. argentinensis (Valenciennes, 1835)
         |-- O. bonariensis (Valenciennes, 1835) Pejerrey
         |-- O. brevianalis (Günther, 1880)
         |-- O. gracilis (Steindachner, 1898)
         |-- O. hatcheri (Eigenmann, 1909)
         |-- O. humensis de Buen, 1953
         |-- O. incisa (Jenyns, 1841)
         |-- O. mauleanum (Steindachner, 1896)
         |-- O. mirinensis Bemvenuti, 1996
         |-- O. nigricans (Richardson, 1848)
         |-- O. orientalis de Buen, 1950
         |-- O. perugiae Evermann & Kendall, 1906
         |-- O. platensis (Berg, 1895)
         |-- O. regia (Humboldt, 1821) Silverside
         |-- O. retropinnis (de Buen, 1953)
         |-- O. smitti (Lahille, 1929)
         `-- O. wiebrichi (Eigenmann, 1927)

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