Atherinoidei

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Atherinoidei
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Sand smelt Atherina presbyter
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Suborder: Atherinoidei

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]

References

  1. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. 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.