scintilla, Amazonsprattus Roberts [T. R.] 1984:318, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 43 (no. 20); ref. 5829] Rio Jufari between Castanheiro Grande and Santa Fe, Brazil. Holotype: CAS 52175. Paratypes: CAS 52176 (orig. 18, now 11, incl. 5 c&s), CAS-SU 68891 (1). •Valid as Amazonsprattus scintilla Roberts 1984 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:394 [ref. 5725], Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:38 [ref. 27192], Loeb 2012:14 [ref. 31849], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:34 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:14 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Amazonsprattus scintilla Roberts 1984. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin including lower Rio Negro (Brazil, Colombia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.