Considéré comme synonyme junior de Atherinella crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895)
- 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)
Décrit initialement sous Thyrina evermanni:
- Jordan, David Starr. 1895. "The fishes of Sinaloa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 5:377-514 (ffm00034)