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Membras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Genus:	Membras Bonaparte, 1836

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

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[1]

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

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Membras". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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