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.