Synonyma
Gastropelecys Agassiz, 1846 ― Clupea sternicla Linnaeus, 1758
Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalius omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, ... Jent and Gassmann, Soloduri. i-viii + 1-393.
Pterodiscus Eigenmann, 1909 ― Pterodiscus levis Eigenmann, 1909
Eigenmann, C. H. 1909. Reports on the expedition to British Guiana of the Indiana University and the Carnegie Museum, 1908. Report no. 1. Some new genera and species of fishes from British Guiana. Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1): 4-54.
Typový druh
Clupea sternicla Linnaeus, 1758.
Původní popis
Scopoli, J. A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague. i-x + 1-506.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.