Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Parent taxon: Atheriniformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atherinopsidae, Bedotiidae, Chirostoma, Colpichthys, Dentatherinidae, Isonidae, Melanotaeniidae, Menidia, Mesogasteridae, Notocheiridae, Palaeoatherina, Phallostethidae, Pranesus, Pseudomugilidae, Rhamphognathidae, Stenatherina, Telmatherinidae
Subtaxa: Atherina Atherinidarum Atherinomorus Merriamella Toroatherina
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 41 collections including 46 occurrences