Blackfin Silverside
Atherinella crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Atherinella crystallina is a species of Neotropical silversides (Atherinopsidae). It is found from the Río Sinaloa to Río Verde, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Mexico. It is normally a freshwater species but it also occurs in estuaries as deep as 10 metres (33 ft). Their food includes zooplankton, pelagic fish larvae and pelagic fish eggs. A. crystallina was described as Thyrina crystallina by David Starr Jordan and George Bliss Culver in 1895 from types collected from the Río Presidio in Sinaloa, western Mexico.
Wikipedia contributors, Atherinella crystallina; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:40:33.339940+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Atherinella crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895)
- Name authority
- (Jordan & Culver, 1895)
- Common name
- Blackfin 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 crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895)
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 |
| La Palma SilversideAtherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller, 1984 | 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 |
| Atherinella starksi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Thyrina crystallina Jordan & Culver, 1895 Jordan & Culver, 1895 | synonym |
| Thyrina evermanni Jordan & Culver, 1895 Jordan & Culver, 1895 | synonym |
| Atherinella evermanni (Jordan & Culver, 1895) (Jordan & Culver, 1895) | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1467911 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:67WXC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.