Dentatherina Patten [J. M.] & Ivantsoff [W.] 1983:331 Fem. Dentatherina merceri Patten & Ivantsoff 1983. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Parenti (ref. 33268) places this genus in Phallostethidae. •Valid as Dentatherina Patten & Ivantsoff 1983 in Atherinidae -- (Paxton et al. 1989:359 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Dentatherina Patten & Ivantsoff 1983 in Dentatherinidae -- (Ivantsoff et al. 1987 [ref. 6230], Dyer 1993:95 [ref. 40716], Parenti & Louie 1998:141 [ref. 23544], Ivantsoff 1999:2145 [ref. 24782], Paxton et al. 2006:699 [ref. 28994], Parenti 2014:178 [ref. 33268] in Denatherininae of Phallostethidae). Current status: Valid as Dentatherina Patten & Ivantsoff 1983. Dentatherinidae.
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