Basilichthys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Basilichthys microlepidotus.jpg

| image_caption = B. microlepidotus

| taxon = Basilichthys

| authority = Girard, 1855

| type_species = Atherina microlepidota

| type_species_authority = Jenyns, 1841{{Cof record|genid=2208|title=Basilichthys|access-date=20 June 2019}}

}}

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.