Original description as Atherinichthys sallei:
ZooBank:F26764BE-5702-488B-896B-8DD806A4AAE0.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1903. "On a collection of fishes made by Dr. Goeldi at Rio Janeiro". Proceedings of the Biological Society of London. 2(1):59-6 (ffm00512)
Synonyms (1):
- Archomenidia bolivari Álvarez & Carranza, 1952, with type locality at Near Matías Romero, Río Grande or Río Almoloya, Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico. Determiner: Miller, 2006
Conservation: Atherinella sallei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).