Labidesthes

Labidesthes is a genus of Neotropical silverside found in Gulf of Mexico drainages (including the Brazos River, Mississippi River, Neches River, Pearl River), east around the southern tip of peninsular Florida and north to the Pee Dee River drainage and the Great Lakes (excluding Lake Superior)- St-Lawrence River drainages.^[2]

Labidesthes
Labidesthes sicculus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Tribe:	Mendiniini
Genus:	Labidesthes Cope, 1870
Type species
Chirostoma sicculum Cope, 1865[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Labidesthes sicculus (Cope, 1865) (Brook silverside)
• Labidesthes vanhyningi B. A. Bean & Reid, 1930 (Golden silverside) ^[2]