Species that contain: Basilichthys and microlepidotus [ 1 ] records

microlepidota, Atherina Jenyns [L.] 1841:78, Pl. 16 (figs. 1, 1a, 1b) [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Valparaíso, Chile, in fresh water. Syntypes: (2) UMZC [Darwin no. 1056] (1). •Valid as Basilichthys microlepidotus (Jenyns 1841) -- (Pequeño 1989:51 [ref. 14125], Dyer 1997:50 [ref. 23262], Dyer 1998:536 [ref. 23858], Dyer & Gosztonyi 1999:215 [ref. 24265], Dyer 2000:85 [ref. 26678], Dyer 2000:105 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:517 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Basilichthys microlepidotus (Jenyns 1841). Atherinopsidae: Atherinopsinae. Distribution: Husco River to Valparaiso, Chile. Habitat: freshwater.