Neotropical silversides
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{{Taxobox
| name = Neotropical silversides
| image = Atlantic silverside.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''[[Menidia]] sp.''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Atheriniformes]]
| familia = '''Atherinopsidae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text.
}}
The '''neotropical silversides''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] '''Atherinopsidae''' of [[fish]] in the order [[Atheriniformes]]. The approximately 104 species in 13 genera are distributed throughout the tropical and temperate waters of the [[New World]], including both marine and freshwater habitats. The familiar [[grunion]]s and [[Atlantic silverside]] belong to this family.
==Genera==
* ''[[Atherinella]]''
* ''[[Atherinops]]''
* ''[[Atherinopsos]]''
* ''[[Basilichthys]]''<!-- Systematic Parasitology 51: 149–153 -->
* ''[[Colpichthys]]''
* ''[[Chirostoma]]''
* ''[[Labidesthes]]''
* ''[[Leuresthes]]''
* ''[[Melanorhinus]]''
* ''[[Membras]]''
* ''[[Menidia]]''
* ''[[Odontesthes]]''<!-- Systematic Parasitology 51: 149–153 -->
* ''[[Poblana]]''
==References==
* {{FishBase family|family=Atherinopsidae|year=2005|month=November}}
==External links==
* [http://mblaquaculture.com/content/organisms/menidia_beryllina.php''Menidia beryllina'' Photo and Information at MBL Aquaculture]
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