Descrizione originale come Atherinella callida:
ZooBank:BFBC63F4-BCD1-4EFD-A6D6-0098F92EA997.
- Chernoff, Barry. 1986. "Systematics of American atherinid fishes of the genus Atherinella. I. The subgenus Atherinella". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 138(1):86-188 (ffm00510)