| Valid name | Sprattus |
| Synonym | Type: S. haleciformis Girgensohn, 1846 = S. sprattus, by monotypy and tautonymy. |
| Synonym | Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846 |
| Synonym | Meletta Berg, 1913). |
| Synonym | Spratella Berg, 1913). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Mém. savants etrangers Acad. Sci. Petersb., 5: 534 |
| Synonym | Sprattus: Whitehead, 1964, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (13) 7: 326 (full synonymy). |