Species that contain: Atherina and microstoma [ 2 ] records

elongata, Atherina Klunzinger [C. B.] 1879:259 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 22); ref. 18913] King George Sound, Western Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.29726-001 and -002 (slide of jaws and disintegrated remains), NMW 71920 (2), SMNS 12188 [ex 2574c] (4). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:5 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:13 [ref. 29864]. Also appeared in Klunzinger 1880:394 [70 of separate], Pl. 3 (fig. 4) [ref. 2624]. •Synonym of Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther 1861) -- (Pavlov et al. 1988:393 [ref. 12285]). •Valid as Atherina elongata Klunzinger 1879 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:356 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:377 [ref. 22532]). •Valid as Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger 1879) -- (Kuiter 1997:54 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Raadik 2008:397 [ref. 30624]). •Valid as Atherinosoma elongatum (Klunzinger 1879). Current status: Valid as Atherinosoma elongatum (Klunzinger 1879). Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Australia: South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

microstoma, Atherina Günther [A.] 1861:401 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Tasmania, Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1845.8.5.46 (3). Whitley 1943:133 [ref. 4702] figured a lectotype but without sufficient information to determine the specimen. •Valid as Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther 1861) -- (Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:91 [ref. 25473], Pavlov et al. 1988:393 [ref. 12285], Paxton et al. 1989:356 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:67 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:378 [ref. 22532], Ivantsoff & Crowley in McDowall 1996:132 [ref. 22909], Kuiter 1997:54 [ref. 25488], Allen et al. 2002:141 [ref. 25930], Hammer & Walker 2004:88 [ref. 28129], Paxton et al. 2006:704 [ref. 28995], Raadik 2008:397 [ref. 30624], Hammer et al. 2012:64 [ref. 32389], Kuiter 2018:25 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Valid as Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther 1861). Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Southeastern and southern Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.