Atherinella  Steindachner, 1875 
Thyrinops  Hubbs, 1918; (synonym)
Thyrina  Jordan & Culver, 1895; (preoccupied)
Xenatherina  Regan, 1907; (synonym)
Xenomelaniris  Schultz, 1948; (synonym)
Coleotropis  Myers & Wade, 1942; (synonym)
Archomenidia  Jordan & Hubbs, 1919; (synonym)
Atherthyrina  Fowler, 1958; (synonym)
Euryarges  Myers & Wade, 1942; (synonym)
 
 
 
Atherinella alvarezi  Espinosa P©rez et al., 1993 
Thyrinops alvarezi  Diaz-Pardo, 1972; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella ammophila  Chernoff & Miller, 1984 
 
 
Atherinella argentea  Chernoff, 1986 
 
 
Atherinella balsana  Chernoff, 1986 
Melaniris balsanus  Meek, 1902; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella beani  Chernoff, 1986 
Kirtlandia beani  Meek & Hildebrand, 1923; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella brasiliensis  McAllister, 1990 
Atherina brasiliensis  Quoy & Gaimard, 1825; (valid as)
Xenomelaniris brasiliensis  Schultz, 1948; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella callida  Chernoff, 1986 
 
 
Atherinella colombiensis  McAllister, 1990 
Thyrina colombiensis  Hubbs, 1920; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella crystallina  Chernoff, 1986 
Thyrina crystallina  Jordan & Culver, 1895; (valid as)
Thyrina evermanni  Jordan & Culver, 1895; (synonym)
Atherthyrina evermanni  Fowler, 1958; (synonym)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella elegans  Espinosa P©rez et al., 1993 
Atherinella crystallina elegans  Chernoff, 1986; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella guija  Chernoff, 1986 
Thyrina guija  Hildebrand, 1925; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella jiloaensis  McAllister, 1990 
Melaniris jiloaensis  Bussing, 1978; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella lisa  Espinosa P©rez et al., 1993 
Menidia lisa  Meek, 1904; (valid as)
Xenatherina lisa  Regan, 1907; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella marvelae  Espinosa P©rez et al., 1993 
Archomenidia marvelae  Chernoff & Miller, 1982; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella meeki  McAllister, 1990 
Thyrina meeki  Miller, 1907; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella nepenthe  Lavenberg & Chernoff, 1995 
Nectarges nepenthe  Myers & Wade, 1942; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella nesiotes  Lavenberg & Chernoff, 1995 
Euryarges nesiotes  Myers & Wade, 1942; (valid as)
Nectarges nesiotes  Myers & Wade, 1942; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella nocturna  Lavenberg & Chernoff, 1995 
Nectarges nocturnus  Myers & Wade, 1942; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella panamensis  Chernoff, 1986 
Atherinella panamensis  Steindachner, 1875; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella pellosemeion  Espinosa P©rez et al., 1993 
Atherinella crystallina pellosemeion  Chernoff, 1986; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella robbersi  McAllister, 1990 
Adenops robbersi  Fowler, 1950; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella sallei  
Atherinichthys sallei  Regan, 1903; (valid as)
Archomenidia sallei  Jordan & Hubbs, 1919; (valid as)
Archomenidia bolivari  Alvarez & Carranza, 1952; (synonym)
Archomenidia sallei  Chernoff & Miller, 1982; (valid as)
Atherinella sallei  Espinosa P©rez et al., 1993; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella schultzi  McAllister, 1990 
Xenatherina schultzi  Alvarez & Carranza, 1952; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella serrivomer  Chernoff, 1986 
 
 
Atherinella starksi  
Menidia starksi  Meek & Hildebrand, 1923; (valid as)
Coleotropis starksi  Myers & Wade, 1942; (valid as)
Coleotropis starksi  Gilbert & Caldwell, 1967; (valid as)
Atherinella starksi  Lavenberg & Chernoff, 1995; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Atherinella venezuelae  McAllister, 1990 
Menidia venezuelae  Eigenmann, 1920; (valid as)
 
 
 
  
 
 
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References: 
[CoL] Catalogue of Life 
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26);  https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d 
 [NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum 
Butterflies and Moths of the World;  Generic Names and their Type-species 
 [iNaturalist]  
 iNaturalist 
   
 
Additional information sources: 
 
The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail:  Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.