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Atherinella guija (Hildebrand, 1925)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Atherinella guija (Hildebrand, 1925)
Name authority
(Hildebrand, 1925)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Atheriniformes
Family
Atherinopsidae
Genus
Atherinella
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAtheriniformes
  11. suborderAtherinopsoidei
  12. familyAtherinopsidae Fitzinger, 1873
  13. subfamilyMenidiinae Schultz, 1948
  14. genusAtherinella Steindachner, 1875
  15. speciesAtherinella guija (Hildebrand, 1925)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Atherinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
peppered silversideAtherinella guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
cunning silversideAtherinella callida Chernoff, 1986AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
pitcher silversideAtherinella nepenthe (Myers & Wade, 1942)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atherinella chagresi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
La Palma SilversideAtherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller, 1984AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atherinella sardina (Meek, 1907)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atherinella argentea Chernoff, 1986AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chimalapa silversideAtherinella schultzi (Álvarez & Carranza, 1952)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atherinella jiloaensis (Bussing, 1979)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atherinella pachylepis (Günther, 1864)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Blackfin SilversideAtherinella crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atherinella starksi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923)AtherinopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 104 records assigned to Atherinopsidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Thyrina guija Hildebrand, 1925 Hildebrand, 1925synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1525647 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5VX9B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.