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Gulf Silversides
Menidiinae
Menidiinae is a subfamily of the Neotropical silversides, part of the family Atherinopsidae. This subfamily is made up of two tribes, seven genera and around 80 species. They are primarily a tropical subfamily but there are some temperate species, this subfamily is found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
7 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 78 known species

Atlantic Silversides
genusMenidia

Brook Silversides
genusLabidesthes

Rough Silversides
genusMembras

Atherinella
genusAtherinella

Chirostoma
genusChirostoma

Poblana
genusPoblana

Melanorhinus
genusMelanorhinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788680.