Atherinella Steindachner [F.] 1875:477 Fem. Atherinella panamensis Steindachner 1875. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Atherinella Steindachner 1875 -- (Chernoff 1986:240 [ref. 5847], Chernoff 1986:86 [ref. 5848], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:192 [ref. 24550], Dyer 2000:104 [ref. 26677], Chernoff 2003:1094 [ref. 27017], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:515 [ref. 27061], França et al. 2007:370 [ref. 29284], Scharpf 2007:6 [ref. 30398]). •Synonym of Membras Bonaparte 1936 -- (Campanella et al. 2015:20 [ref. 33711]). Current status: Valid as Atherinella Steindachner 1875. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae.