Original description as Atherinella ammophila:
ZooBank:E5441862-0D04-4E11-A42D-BC5883E0C3A4.
- Chernoff, Barry & R.R. Miller. 1984. "Atherinella ammophila, a new atherinid fish from eastern Mexico". Notulae Naturae. (462):1-12 (ffm00509)
Conservation: Atherinella ammophila is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2018).