Basilichthys microlepidotus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Basilichthys microlepidotus.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |year=1996 |title=Basilichthys microlepidotus |page=e.T2604A9460672 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2604A9460672.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Basilichthys microlepidotus

| authority = (Jenyns, 1841)

| synonyms = *Atherina microlepidota Jenyns, 1841

• Protistius microlepidotus (Jenyns, 1841)

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Basilichthys|microlepidotus|month=April|year=2019}}

}}

Basilichthys microlepidotus is a species of Neotropical silverside endemic to Chile. It s a pelagic freshwater species which occurs from the Huasco River to Valparaiso.