{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hypoatherina barnesi.jpg | image_caption = Barnes' silverside, Maldives | taxon = Hypoatherina | authority = L. P. Schultz, 1948 | type_species = ''Atherina uisila'' | type_species_authority = Jordan & Seale, 1906<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=6689|title=''Hypoatherina''|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref> }}

'''''Hypoatherina''''' is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae. There are found in the tropical habitats of Indian and Pacific to the western Atlantic Ocean.

==Species== There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:<ref name = CofFGenus>{{Cof genus | Hypoatherina | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref> * ''Hypoatherina barnesi'' <small>L. P. Schultz, 1953</small> (Barnes' silverside) * ''Hypoatherina celebesensis'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small><ref name=Sasaki2012a>{{cite journal|author=Sasaki, D. |author2= Kimura, S. |year=2012|title= Two new silversides, ''Hypoatherina celebesensis'' and ''Hypoatherina macrophthalma'', from the western Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)|journal=Ichthyological Research|volume= 59 |issue=4|pages= 347–353|doi= 10.1007/s10228-012-0299-6 |bibcode= 2012IchtR..59..347S }}</ref> (Sulawesi silverside) * ''Hypoatherina gobio'' <small>(Klunzinger, 1884)</small> * ''Hypoatherina golanii'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small><ref name=Sasaki2012b>{{cite journal|author=Sasaki, D. |author2= Kimura, S. |year=2012|title= Descriptions of two new silversides, ''Hypoatherina golanii'' and ''Hypoatherina lunata'', from the Indo-West Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)|journal=Ichthyological Research|volume= 60 |issue=2|pages= 103–111|doi= 10.1007/s10228-012-0318-7 }}</ref> (Red Sea silverside) * ''Hypoatherina klunzingeri'' <small>(Smith, 1965)</small> * ''Hypoatherina lunata'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small><ref name=Sasaki2012b/> (Okinawan silverside) * ''Hypoatherina macrophthalma'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small> <ref name=Sasaki2012a/> * ''Hypoatherina ovalaua'' <small>(Herre, 1935)</small> (Fijian silverside) * ''Hypoatherina panatela'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908)</small> (panatela silverside) * ''Hypoatherina temminckii'' <small>(Bleeker, 1854)</small> (Samoan silverside) * ''Hypoatherina tropicalis'' <small>(Whitley, 1948)</small> (Whitley's silverside) * ''Hypoatherina tsurugae'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1901)</small> (Cobalt silverside) * ''Hypoatherina uisila'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small> (Pacific silverside) * ''Hypoatherina villosa'' <small>(Duncker & Mohr, 1926)</small>

Fishbase has ''H. gobio'' as a synonym of ''H. temminckii'' and ''H. klunzingeri'' as a synonym of ''H. barnesi'', while ''H. panatela'' is listed as ''Stenatherina panatela'',<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Hypoatherina | month = April | year = 2019}}</ref> other authorities include these species within ''Hypoatherina'' and place ''H. crenolepsis'', ''H. harringtonensis'', ''H. ovalaua'' in the genus ''Atherina'' and ''H. valencennei'' in ''Doboatherina''.<ref name = CofFGenus/><ref name=Sasaki2014>{{cite journal |author1=Sasaki D. |author2=Kimura S. | year = 2014 | title = Taxonomic review of the genus ''Hypoatherina'' Schultz 1948 (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) | journal = Ichthyological Research | volume = 61 | issue = 3| pages = 207–241 | doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0391-1|bibcode=2014IchtR..61..207S |s2cid=1793886 }}</ref>

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Category:Atherinomorinae Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz Category:Actinopterygii genera

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