| Atherion | |
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| Atherion elymus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherionidae Schultz, 1948 |
| Genus: | Atherion D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Atherion elymus D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1901
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Atherion is a small genus of silversides, known as the pricklenose silversides. It is the only genus in the family Atherionidae.[1] Other authorities classify this as a monogeneric subfamily, Atherioninae, of the Atherinidae, while others include it within the subfamily Atherinomorinae.[2] They have an Indo-Pacific distribution.[1]
- ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.