Atherina is a genus of fish of silverside family Atherinidae, found in the temperate and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long, they are widespread in the Mediterranean...

The Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus, is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. The body is rather long, slender and moderately flattened...

The sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae, common in the northeastern Atlantic from the Danish straits...

Atherina lopeziana is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae. This pelagic-neritic fish grows to 8.0 cm maximal length. Widespread in the eastern...

The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is a euryhaline amphidromous fish, up to 20 cm in length...

family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna semoni Big-scale sand smelt Atherina boyeri Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae Great Lakes smelts (North...

southern coastal waters. Since Atherina’s biogeographic location is significantly different, it is likely that Atherina and the four genera are not monophyletic...

Synonyms Atherina menidia Linnaeus, 1766 Atherina notata Mitchill, 1815 Menidia notata (Mitchill, 1815) Atherina viridescens Mitchill, 1815 Atherina boscii...

It is the only known member of its genus. This species was described as Atherina evermanni by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1903 with a type locality of San Cristobal...

helps orient themselves toward the ocean. The Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus, has shown an aversion to red objects placed next to a tank while...