Atherinoidei

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei
Familiae: Atherinidae - Atherionidae - Bedotiidae - Dentatherinidae - Isonidae - Melanotaeniidae - Notocheiridae - Phallostethidae - Pseudomugilidae - Telmatherinidae

Name

Atherinoidei
References

Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2014). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Herder F, Schwarzer J, Pfaender J, Hadiaty RK & Schliewen UK (2006) Preliminary checklist of sailfin silversides (Teleostei: Telmatherinidae) in the Malili Lakes of Sulawesi (Indonesia), with a synopsis of systematics and threats. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie, 5, 139-163. pdf
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page.
Saeed, B., W. Ivantsoff, & Aarn (2006) Descriptive anatomy of Iso rhothophilus (Ogilby), with a phylogenetic analysis of Iso and a redefinition of Isonidae (Atheriniformes). Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, v. 11 (no. 1): 25–43.

Atherinoidei is a suborder of the order Atheriniformes comprising six families, with a mainly Old World distribution, although a few species are found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Families

The suborder contains the following families:[1][2]

Family Isonidae Rosen, 1964 (surf sardines)
Family Melanotaeniidae Gill, 1894 Rainbowfishes and blue-eyes
Subfamily Bedotiinae Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 Madagascar rainbowfishes
Subfamily Melanotaeniinae Gill, 1894 Rainbowfishes
Subfamily Pseudomugilinae Kner, 1867 Blue-eyes
Subfamily Telmatherininae Munro, 1958 Celebes rainbowfishes
Family Atherionidae Schultz, 1948 Pricklenose silversides
Family Dentatherinidae Patten & Ivantsoff 1983 Mercer’s tusked silverside
Family Phallostethidae Regan 1916 priapiumfishes
Subfamily Phallostethinae Regan, 1916
Subfamily Gulaphallinae Herre, 1925
Family Atherinidae Risso, 1827 Old World silversides
Subfamily Atherinomorinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996
Subfamily Craterocephalinae Dyer & Chernoff, 1966 Hardheads
Subfamily Bleheratherinae Aarn & Ivantsoff, 2009
Subfmaily Atherininae Risso, 1827

References

J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 358–363. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
Richard van der Laan; William S. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. S2CID 31014657.