ABSTRACT
The fishes of the family Atherinidae, commonly known as Old World or True silversides, were recently separated from the atherinopsids by Saeed et al. (1994). Dyer & Chernoff (1986b) confirmed this decision based on twenty diagnostic characters. In the western central Atlantic (WCA) area, there are only 3 species of this family (Alepidomus evermanni, Hypoatherina harringtonensis and Atherinomorus stipes) all pertaining to the subfamily Atherinomorinae (Chernoff, 2001).
