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Atherinopsinae

Subfamilyaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 151850ITIS 630582key worms:151850
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2026-08-05: itis_id 630582 via WoRMS external link

Atherinopsinae is a subfamily of the Neotropical silversides, part of the family Atherinopsidae. This subfamily is made up of two tribes, six genera and around 30 species.W CalCOFI holds 722 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 2023, across 4 taxa under it.R

722
observations
722
records
1960–2023
years
1
datasets
4
species under it
Photograph of Atherinopsinae
Photo · Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 4 taxa · Atherinopsis most observed, in the fold below.

Ways inExplorerdb-queryRPythonThis page as JSON

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON
R
library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:151850")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 4 taxa · Atherinopsis most observed
Lineage 11 ranks · Biota to Atherinopsidae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
Elsewhere Wikidata

Wikidata

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

Cite the release, v2026.10.19

Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗