Original description as Clupea thrissina:
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1882. "Catalogue of the fishes collected by Mr. John Xantus at Cape San Lucas, which are now in the United States National Museum, with descriptions of eight new species". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 5(290):353-371 (ffm04531)
Synonyms (1):
- Harengula peruana Fowler & Bean, 1923, with type locality at Callao, Peru. Determiner: Whitehead, 1985
Conservation: Harengula thrissina is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2012).