Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Clupeiformes - bezostní
Čeleď: Clupeidae - sleďovití

Synonyma: Alosa teres DeKay, 1842; Clupea micropus (non Temminck & Schlegel, 1846); Etremeus teres (DeKay, 1842); Etrumeus acuminatus Gilbert, 1890; Etrumeus jacksoniensis Macleay, 1878; Etrumeus micropus (non Temminck & Schlegel, 1846); Etrumeus sadina (non Mitchill, 1814); Perkinsia othonops Eigenmann, 1891.

Typová lokalita: Harbor of New York, U.S.A.

Holotyp: New York State coll.

Reference: DeKay, J. E. 1842. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York). Zoology of New York: i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79.