Basilichthys

Basilichthys is a genus of Neotropical silversides native to freshwater habitats in Chile and Peru. Many species now placed in Odontesthes were formerly included in Basilichthys instead.

Basilichthys
B. microlepidotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Tribe:	Sorgentinini
Genus:	Basilichthys Girard, 1855
Type species
Atherina microlepidota Jenyns, 1841[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

• Basilichthys archaeus (Cope, 1878)
• Basilichthys australis C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
• Basilichthys microlepidotus (Jenyns, 1841)
• Basilichthys semotilus (Cope, 1874)