| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Atherinella alvarezi | (Díaz-Pardo, 1972) | Gulf silverside |
| Atherinella ammophila | Chernoff & Miller, 1984 | La Palma silverside |
| Atherinella argentea | Chernoff, 1986 | Moon silverside |
| Atherinella balsana | (Meek, 1902) | Balsas silverside |
| Atherinella beani | (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | |
| Atherinella blackburni | (Schultz, 1949) | Beach silverside |
| Atherinella brasiliensis | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | Brazilian silversides |
| Atherinella callida | Chernoff, 1986 | Cunning silverside |
| Atherinella chagresi | (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914) | |
| Atherinella colombiensis | (Hubbs, 1920) | |
| Atherinella crystallina | (Jordan & Culver, 1895) | Blackfin silverside |
| Atherinella elegans | Chernoff, 1986 | Fuerte silverside |
| Atherinella eriarcha | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Longfin silverside |
| Atherinella guatemalensis | (Günther, 1864) | Guatemala silverside |
| Atherinella guija | (Hildebrand, 1925) | |
| Atherinella hubbsi | (Bussing, 1979) | |
| Atherinella jiloaensis | (Bussing, 1979) | |
| Atherinella lisa | (Meek, 1904) | Naked silverside |
| Atherinella marvelae | (Chernoff & Miller, 1982) | Eyipantla silverside |
| Atherinella meeki | (Miller, 1907) | |
| Atherinella milleri | (Bussing, 1979) | |
| Atherinella nepenthe | (Myers & Wade, 1942) | Pitcher silverside |
| Atherinella nesiotes | (Myers & Wade, 1942) | Broadstripe silverside |
| Atherinella nocturna | (Myers & Wade, 1942) | |
| Atherinella pachylepis | (Günther, 1864) | Thickscale silverside |
| Atherinella pallida | (Fowler, 1944) | |
| Atherinella panamensis | Steindachner, 1875 | Panama silverside |
| Atherinella pellosemeion | Chernoff, 1986 | Mancuernas silverside |
| Atherinella robbersi | (Fowler, 1950) | |
| Atherinella sallei | (Regan, 1903) | Large-eye silverside |
| Atherinella sardina | (Meek, 1907) | |
| Atherinella schultzi | (Álvarez & Carranza, 1952) | Chimalapa silverside |
| Atherinella serrivomer | Chernoff, 1986 | Bright silverside |
| Atherinella starksi | (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Star silverside |
| Atherinella venezuelae | (Eigenmann, 1920) | |
| Atherinops affinis | (Ayres, 1860) | Topsmelt silverside |
| Atherinopsis californiensis | Girard, 1854 | Jack silverside |
| Basilichthys archaeus | (Cope, 1878) | |
| Basilichthys australis | Eigenmann, 1928 | |
| Basilichthys microlepidotus | (Jenyns, 1841) | |
| Basilichthys semotilus | (Cope, 1874) | |
| Chirostoma aculeatum | Barbour, 1973 | Scowling silverside |
| Chirostoma arge | (Jordan & Snyder, 1899) | Largetooth silverside |
| Chirostoma attenuatum | Meek, 1902 | Slender silverside |
| Chirostoma bartoni | Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | Alberca silverside |
| Chirostoma chapalae | Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | Smallmouth silverside |
| Chirostoma charari | (de Buen, 1945) | Least silverside |
| Chirostoma compressum | de Buen, 1940 | |
| Chirostoma consocium | Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 | Ranch silverside |
| Chirostoma contrerasi | Barbour, 2002 | Ajijic silverside |
| Chirostoma copandaro | de Buen, 1945 | |
| Chirostoma estor | Jordan, 1880 | Pike silverside |
| Chirostoma grandocule | (Steindachner, 1894) | Bigeye silverside |
| Chirostoma humboldtianum | (Valenciennes, 1835) | Shortfin silverside |
| Chirostoma jordani | Woolman, 1894 | Charal |
| Chirostoma labarcae | Meek, 1902 | Sharpnose silverside |
| Chirostoma lucius | Boulenger, 1900 | Longjaw silverside |
| Chirostoma melanoccus | Álvarez, 1963 | Blunthead silverside |
| Chirostoma patzcuaro | Meek, 1902 | Patzcuaro silverside |
| Chirostoma promelas | Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | Blacknose silverside |
| Chirostoma reseratum | Álvarez, 1963 | |
| Chirostoma riojai | Solórzano & López, 1966 | Toluca silverside |
| Chirostoma sphyraena | Boulenger, 1900 | Bigmouth silverside |
| Chirostoma zirahuen | Meek, 1902 | |
| Colpichthys hubbsi | Crabtree, 1989 | Delta silverside |
| Colpichthys regis | (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) | False grunion |
| Labidesthes sicculus | (Cope, 1865) | Brook silverside |
| Labidesthes vanhyningi | Bean & Reid, 1930 | |
| Leuresthes sardina | (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) | Gulf grunion |
| Leuresthes tenuis | (Ayres, 1860) | California grunion |
| Melanorhinus cyanellus | (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | Blackback silverside |
| Melanorhinus microps | (Poey, 1860) | Querimana silverside |
| Menidia audens | Hay, 1882 | Mississippi silverside |
| Menidia beryllina | (Cope, 1867) | Inland silverside |
| Menidia clarkhubbsi | Echelle & Mosier, 1982 | Texas silverside |
| Menidia colei | Hubbs, 1936 | Golden silverside |
| Menidia conchorum | Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927 | Key silverside |
| Menidia extensa | Hubbs & Raney, 1946 | Waccamaw silverside |
| Menidia menidia | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Atlantic silverside |
| Menidia peninsulae | (Goode & Bean, 1879) | Tidewater silverside |
| Melanorhinus boekei | Metzelaar, 1919 | St. Maarten pejerry |
| Membras analis | (Schultz, 1948) | Backwaters silverside |
| Membras argentea | (Schultz, 1948) | |
| Membras dissimilis | (Carvalho, 1956) | |
| Membras gilberti | (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | Landia silverside |
| Membras martinica | (Valenciennes, 1835) | Rough silverside |
| Membras procera | Chernoff, Machado-Allison, Escobedo, Freiburger, Henderson, Hennessy et al., 2020 | |
| Membras pygmaea | Chernoff, Machado-Allison, Escobedo, Freiburger, Henderson, Hennessy et al., 2020 | |
| Membras vagrans | (Goode & Bean, 1879) | |
| Odontesthes argentinensis | (Valenciennes, 1835) | |
| Odontesthes bicudo | Malabarba & Dyer, 2002 | |
| Odontesthes bonariensis | (Valenciennes, 1835) | Argentinian silverside |
| Odontesthes brevianalis | (Günther, 1880) | |
| Odontesthes gracilis | (Steindachner, 1898) | |
| Odontesthes hatcheri | (Eigenmann, 1909) | |
| Odontesthes humensis | de Buen, 1953 | |
| Odontesthes incisa | (Jenyns, 1841) | |
| Odontesthes ledae | Malabarba & Dyer, 2002 | |
| Odontesthes mauleanum | (Steindachner, 1896) | |
| Odontesthes mirinensis | Bemvenuti, 1996 | |
| Odontesthes nigricans | (Richardson, 1848) | |
| Odontesthes orientalis | de Buen, 1950 | |
| Odontesthes perugiae | Evermann & Kendall, 1906 | |
| Odontesthes piquava | Malabarba & Dyer, 2002 | |
| Odontesthes platensis | (Berg, 1895) | |
| Odontesthes regia | (Humboldt, 1821) | Chilean silverside |
| Odontesthes retropinnis | (de Buen, 1953) | |
| Odontesthes smitti | (Lahille, 1929) | |
| Odontesthes wiebrichi | (Eigenmann, 1928) | |
| Odontesthes yucuman | Wingert, Ferrer & Malabarba, 2017 | |
| Poblana alchichica | de Buen, 1945 | Alchichica silverside |
| Poblana ferdebueni | Solórzano & López, 1965 | Chignahuapan silverside |
| Poblana letholepis | Álvarez, 1950 | La Preciosa silverside |
| Poblana squamata | Álvarez, 1950 | Quechulac silverside |