Subfamily Atherininae Risso 1827

? Gymnopomes Duméril 1805:144 [ref. 1151] (family)? Atherina [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Persèques Cuvier 1816:287 [ref. 993] (section) Atherina [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Les Athérinides Risso 1827:469 [ref. 3757] (family) Atherina [latinized to Atherinini by Bonaparte 1831:159, 176 [ref. 4978] (subfamily); considered valid with this authorship by Gill 1893b:133 [ref. 26255], by Nolf 1985:69 [ref. 32698], by Patterson 1993:637 and by Sheiko 2013:68 [ref. 32944] [ref. 32940] Article 11.7.2]

Taeniomembrasinae Schultz 1948:2 [ref. 3966] (subfamily) Taeniomembras [corrected to Taeniomembradinae by Schultz 1950:150 [ref. 3977]]