Membras

Membras
	Membras martinica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Subfamily:	Menidiinae
Tribe:	Membranini
Genus:	Membras; Bonaparte, 1836
Type species
	Atherina martinica; Valenciennes, 1835

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Membras is a genus of fish, Neotropical silversides, from freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats along coastal parts of the Americas.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Membras analis (L. P. Schultz, 1948) (Backwaters silverside)
Membras argentea (L. P. Schultz, 1948)
Membras dissimilis (J. de P. Carvalho, 1956)
Membras gilberti (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Landia silverside)
Membras martinica (Valenciennes, 1835) (Rough silverside)
Membras vagrans (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879)

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "genid=1287". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Membras in FishBase. June 2012 version.

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[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "genid=1287". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Membras in FishBase. June 2012 version.

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