Kestratherina Pavlov [A.], Ivantsoff [W.], Last [P. R.] & Crowley [L. E. L. M.] 1988:387 Fem. Atherinichthys esox Klunzinger 1872. Type by original designation. •Valid as Kestratherina Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley 1988 -- (Dyer 1993:91 [ref. 40716], Gomon et al. 1994:379 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:711 [ref. 28995], Raadik 2008:398 [ref. 30624], Ivantsoff & Allen 2011:50 [ref. 31135], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711]). Current status: Valid as Kestratherina Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley 1988. Atherinidae: Atherininae.