Membras Bonaparte [C. L.] 1836:puntata 91 Fem. Atherina martinica Valenciennes 1835. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared in puntata 91 under Atherina hepsetus. Originally without included species; first addition of species not researched. Type above as listed by Jordan 1917:142 [ref. 2407]. •Valid as Membras Bonaparte 1836 -- (Chernoff 1986:239 [ref. 5847], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:191 [ref. 24550], Dyer 2000:101 [ref. 26677], Chernoff 2003:1094 [ref. 27017], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:520 [ref. 27061], Scharpf 2007:8 [ref. 30398], Campanella et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33711], Chernoff et al. 2020:191 [ref. 37775]). Current status: Valid as Membras Bonaparte 1836. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae.