Membras

Short description: Genus of fishes

Membras

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

Valenciennes, 1835[1]

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

1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "genid=1287". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1287.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Membras in FishBase. June 2012 version.

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