Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cypriniformes - máloostní
Čeleď: Balitoridae - mřenkovití

Synonyma: Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860; Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822; Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822); Nemacheilus botia botia (Hamilton, 1822); Nemachilus botia (Hamilton, 1822); Nemachilus botius (Hamilton, 1822); Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910; Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822).

Reference: Hamilton, F. [Buchanan]   1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Fishes Ganges: i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.