californiensis, Atherinopsis Girard [C. F.] 1854:134 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: ANSP 10208-10 (3), USNM 351 mixed with 352 (now 4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:23 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:118 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:240 [ref. 26885], Lavenberg & Chernoff in Fischer et al. 1995:899 [ref. 22829], Dyer 1997:48 [ref. 23262], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:62 [ref. 24545], Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000:69 [ref. 24940], Nelson et al. 2004:97 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:63 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:99 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:116 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:54 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:92 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:139 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854. Atherinopsidae: Atherinopsinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Oregon (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico); western and northeastern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.