A large family of small fish including silversides and sand eels, found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.
Modern Latin family name derived from atherina (the type genus), following Linnaean binomial nomenclature conventions with the -idae suffix for family classification.
Atherinidae is one of the most widespread fish families on Earth—there are over 300 species adapted to nearly every aquatic environment, from tropical coral reefs to cold temperate streams.
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