athaerina, Athaerina Nardo [G. D.] 1827:33, 39 [Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti. (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10; ref. 3146] Istria, Croatia; Marseille, France; [Iviza] Ibiza, Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea, Greece. Syntypes: ?MNHN. Original genus should have been Atherina, corrected by Nardo 1827:481 [ref. 19740]. Based in part on the Atherina of Rondeletius 1554:216, fig. [ref. 30354]; see Nardo 1827:39 [ref. 3146] and Nardo 1827:487 [ref. 19740]. •Synonym of Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:160 [ref. 22952], de Morais et al. 2016:2116 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.