Animal Diversity Web

Atherina boyeri

Big-scale sand smelt

(Also: Black sea silverside; Boyer's sand smelt)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Atheriniformes (silversides)
        
        Family Atherinidae (Silversides)
        
        Genus Atherina
        
        Species Atherina boyeri (Big-scale sand smelt)