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.