Species that contain: Atherina and mochon [ 5 ] records

aegyptia, Atherina mochon var. Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:424, Fig. 31 [Zoology of Egypt: The fishes of the Nile; ref. 6510] Mediterranean Sea coast of Egypt; lakes Temsah and Menzaleh, Egypt. Syntypes: BMNH 1871.9.9.1 (32) Lake Temsah, 1907.12.2.2762-2771 (10), 1907.12.2.2782-2791 (10) Lake Menzaleh, (6) Mediterranean coast of Egypt (not found); MNHN 1907-0238 (6). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:708 [ref. 21541]. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Maugé 1986:277 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bonapartii, Atherina Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:426 [Zoology of Egypt: The fishes of the Nile; ref. 6510] Gulf of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1906.11.10.6-8 (3). Based on Atherina mochon "of most Italian authors" and on "Latterino comune" of Bonaparte. •Valid as Atherina bonapartei [sic] Boulenger 1907 -- (Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:577 [ref. 7217], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952] with question, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600], Vasil'eva 2017:793 [ref. 35714]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caspia, Atherina presbyter var. Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:72 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Caspian Sea. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichwald 1838:100 [ref. 34622], as Atherina caspia. •Synonym of Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829 -- (Berg 1949:1003 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Coad 1995:26 [ref. 23608], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810, but a valid subspecies caspia Eichwald 1831-- (Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:94 [ref. 37748], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Sokolov 1998:108 [ref. 23571] dated to 1838). •Valid as Atherina caspia Eichwald 1831 -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:374 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:892 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:71 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:271 [ref. 37983], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Yogurtçuoglu et al. 2020:[14] [ref. 37627], Çiçek et al. 2023:437 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:338 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Atherina caspia Eichwald 1831. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mochon, Atherina Cuvier [G.] 1829:235 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Ivaça. Lectotype: MNHN A-4355. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2631 (3), A-4353 (3). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:707-708 [ref. 21541]. Also appeared in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:434, Pl. 304 [ref. 1004]. Lectotype selected by Blanc & Hureau 1971:707 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829 -- (Berg 1949:1001 [ref. 20662], Miller 2003:45 [ref. 27342] in subgenus Hepsetia, Vasil'eva 2017:799 [ref. 35714]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Maugé 1986:277 [ref. 6218], Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342] but as valid on p. 45, Golani 2005:27 [ref. 37112], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:470 [ref. 29996], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600], Golani 2021:30 [ref. 38303]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pontica, Atherina presbyter var. Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:72 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Lake Sasyk, Odessa Oblast, Kiliya district, Black Sea, Ukraine, 45°32'N. 29°39'E. Neotype: ZMMU P-22136. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:101 [ref. 34622], as Atherina pontica. Neotype designated by Vasil'eva 2017:800 [ref. 35714]. •Synonym of Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829, but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1949:1001 [ref. 20662], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810, but a valid subspecies pontica -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Sokolov 1998:108 [ref. 23571], Parin et al. 2014:192 [ref. 33547], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Kottelat 1997:158 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], Vasil'eva 2017:800 [ref. 35714], Çiçek et al. 2024:337 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.