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