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.