Original description as Thyrina crystallina:
ZooBank:B040FCFE-9EBF-4461-87CA-3330689A2F4B.
- Jordan, David Starr. 1895. "The fishes of Sinaloa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 5:377-514 (ffm00034)
Synonyms (1):
- Thyrina evermanni Jordan & Culver, 1895, with type locality at Estuary at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Determiner: Chernoff, 1986
Conservation: Atherinella crystallina is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).