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

Synonyma: Alausa eba Valenciennes, 1847; Clupea desmaresti Risso, 1827; Clupea eba (Valenciennes, 1847); Clupea maderensis Lowe, 1838; Engraulis desmaresti Risso, 1827; Pellonula modesta Fischer, 1885; Sardinella cameronensis Regan, 1917; Sardinella eba (Valenciennes, 1847); Sardinella granigera Valenciennes, 1847.

Typová lokalita: Madeira.

Reference: Lowe, R. T. 1838. A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200.