ammophila, Atherinella Chernoff [B.] & Miller [R. R.] 1984:4, Figs. 2-4 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 462; ref. 8175] Río de la Palma at La Palma, 8 kilometers north-northwest of Sontecomapan, Veracruz, Mexico. Holotype: UMMZ 210808. Paratypes: ANSP 153218 (4), 153307 (3); TU 134878 (3); UMMZ 210809 (now 10, 2 c&s); USNM 266554 (3). Type catalog: Bart & Taylor 1993:53 [ref. 20906]. •Valid as Atherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller 1984 -- (Chernoff 1986:244 [ref. 5847], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:57 [ref. 22290], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:515 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:97 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:187 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:6 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:99 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:138 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Atherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller 1984. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Río de la Palma basin, Veracruz (Atlantic Slope of Mexico) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.