Typový druh
Amazonsprattus scintilla Roberts, 1984.
Původní popis
Roberts, T. R. 1984. Amazonsprattus scintilla, new genus and species from the Rio Negro, Brazil, the smallest known clupeomorph fish. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 43 (no. 20): 317-321.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.