Chirostoma Swainson [W.] 1839:176, 243 Neut. Atherina humboldtiana Valenciennes 1835. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Menidia Bonaparte 1836 -- (Campanella et al. 2015:20 [ref. 33711]). •Valid as Chirostoma Swainson 1839 -- (Barbour 1973 [ref. 5967], Chernoff 1986:189 [ref. 5847], Dyer 2000:101 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:518 [ref. 27061], Scharpf 2007:6 [ref. 30398], Bloom et al. 2009:408 [ref. 30223], Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2018:323 [ref. 37172], Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2019:14 [ref. 37138]). Current status: Valid as Chirostoma Swainson 1839. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae.