Membras

Membras
Membras martinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Subfamily:	Menidiinae
Tribe:	Membranini
Genus:	Membras Bonaparte, 1836
Type species
Atherina martinica Valenciennes, 1835 [1]

Membras is a genus of fish, Neotropical silversides, from freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats along coastal parts of the Americas.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

• Membras analis (Schultz, 1948) (Backwaters silverside)
• Membras argentea (Schultz, 1948)
• Membras dissimilis (Carvalho, 1956)
• Membras gilberti (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Landia silverside)
• Membras martinica (Valenciennes, 1835) (Rough silverside)
• Membras procera Chernoff, Machado-Allison, Escobedo, Freiburger, Henderson, Hennessy, Kohn, Neri, Parikh, Scobell, Silverstone & Young, 2020
• Membras pygmaea Chernoff, Machado-Allison, Escobedo, Freiburger, Henderson, Hennessy, Kohn, Neri, Parikh, Scobell, Silverstone & Young, 2020

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Membras". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Membras". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 September 2025.