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Jenkinsia Jordan & Evermann 1896 -ia (L. suffix), pertaining to: Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1850–1935), physiology professor at Stanford University (California, USA), for his work on the fishes of Mexico and the Hawaiian Island

Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (Gosse 1851) lamprós (Gr. λαμπρός), bright; taenia (L.), from tainía (Gr. ταινία), band or ribbon, referring to well-defined silvery lateral band

Jenkinsia majua Whitehead 1963 Cuban name for members of the genus

Jenkinsia parvula Cervigón & Velazquez 1978 diminutive of parvus (L.), small, i.e., very small, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its small size (7.1 cm SL), the smallest member of the genus

Jenkinsia stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert 1884) stolḗ (Gr. στολή), an ecclesiastical vestment usually made of a band of silk and worn over the shoulders during liturgical functions; –fer, from fero (L.), to have or bear, referring to silvery band on side

Spratelloides Bleeker 1851 -oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eí̄dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: Spratella (=Sprattus), presumably referring to sprat-like appearance to and/or close affinity with S. argyrotaeniata (=gracilis)

Spratelloides atrofasciatus Schultz 1943 atro-, from ater (L.). black; fasciatus (L.), banded, referring to wide blackish lateral band

Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett 1832) diminutive of delicatus (L.), delicate, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its more elongate shape compared with many other presumed congeners in Clupea

Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) Latin for thin or slender, height of body 1/7 of total length

Spratelloides lewisi Wongratana 1983 in honor of Australian fisheries biologist Anthony D. Lewis (b. 1948), Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea), who collected holotype

Spratelloides robustus Ogilby 1897 Latin for of oak or oaken and, by extension, hard, firm or solid (but often used by ichthyologists to mean fat or stout), referring to its “rather short and stout” body