小沙丁鱼属有以下物种:
白腹小沙丁,Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847) (White sardinella)
Sardinella atricauda (Günther, 1868) (Bleeker's blacktip sardinella)
Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 (Round sardinella)
Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, 1852 (Deep-body sardinella)
Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) (Brazilian sardinella)
Sardinella fijiensis (Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923) (Fiji sardinella)
黑小沙丁,Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847) (Fringe-scale sardinella)
Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) (Gold-stripe sardinella)
Sardinella goni Stern, Rinkevich & Goren, 2016 (Gon's sardinella) [4]
Sardinella hualiensis (K. Y. Chu & C. F. Tsai, 1958) (Taiwan sardinella)
Sardinella jussieu (Lacépède, 1803) (Mauritian sardinella)
Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853 (Bali sardinella)
Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847 (Indian sardinella)
短体小沙丁鱼,Sardinella maderensis (R. T. Lowe, 1838) (Madeiran sardinella)
马贵斯小沙丁鱼,Sardinella marquesensis Berry & Whitehead, 1968 (Marquesan sardinella)
Sardinella melanura (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Black-tip sardinella)
Sardinella neglecta Wongratana, 1983 (East African sardinella)
Sardinella richardsoni Wongratana, 1983 (Richardson's sardinella)
Sardinella rouxi (Poll, 1953) (Yellow-tail sardinella)
信德小沙丁鱼,Sardinella sindensis (F. Day, 1878) (Sind sardinella),中国小沙丁鱼
Sardinella tawilis (Herre, 1927) (Fresh-water sardinella)
青鳞小沙丁鱼,Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) (Japanese sardinella)