La Palma Silverside
Atherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller, 1984
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 ammophila Chernoff & Miller, 1984
- Name authority
- Chernoff & Miller, 1984
- Common name
- La Palma Silverside
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAtheriniformes
- suborderAtherinopsoidei
- familyAtherinopsidae Fitzinger, 1873
- subfamilyMenidiinae Schultz, 1948
- genusAtherinella Steindachner, 1875
- speciesAtherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller, 1984
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Atherinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| peppered silversideAtherinella guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| cunning silversideAtherinella callida Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pitcher silversideAtherinella nepenthe (Myers & Wade, 1942) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella guija (Hildebrand, 1925) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella chagresi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella sardina (Meek, 1907) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella argentea Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chimalapa silversideAtherinella schultzi (Álvarez & Carranza, 1952) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella jiloaensis (Bussing, 1979) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella pachylepis (Günther, 1864) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackfin SilversideAtherinella crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella starksi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Chernoff, B., & Miller, R. R. (1984). Atherinella ammophila, a new atherinid fish from eastern Mexico. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), No. 462: 1–12. 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:5VX9D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.