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

Synonyma: Barbatula barbatula caucasica (Berg, 1898); Barbatula barbatula toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Barbatula barbatulus (Linnaeus, 1758); Barbatula oreas (Jordan & Fowler, 1903); Barbatula toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Barbatula toni toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Cobitis barbatula Linnaeus, 1758; Cobitis barbatula parisiensis De la Pylaie, 1835; Cobitis barbatula pictava De la Pylaie, 1835; Cobitis barbatula pironae Nardo, 1866; Cobitis furstenbergii Bonaparte, 1846; Cobitis toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Cobitis variabilis Günther, 1868; Nemacheilus barbatulus (Linnaeus, 1758); Nemacheilus barbatulus anglicana Bacescu-Mester, 1967; Nemacheilus barbatulus barbatulus (Linnaeus, 1758); Nemacheilus barbatulus blackiana Bacescu-Mester, 1967; Nemacheilus barbatulus caucasicus Berg, 1898; Nemacheilus barbatulus erythrinna Berg, 1933; Nemacheilus barbatulus toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Nemacheilus sibiricus Gratzianov, 1907; Nemacheilus sturanyi Steindachner, 1892; Nemacheilus toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Nemachilus barbatulus (Linnaeus, 1758); Nemachilus barbatulus caucasicus Berg, 1898; Nemachilus barbatulus toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Nemachilus barbatulus vardarensis Karaman, 1928; Nemachilus sturanyi Steindachner, 1892; Noemacheilus barbatulus (Linnaeus, 1758); Noemacheilus barbatulus hispanica Bacescu-Mester, 1967; Noemacheilus barbatulus quignardi Bacescu-Mester, 1967; Noemacheilus barbulatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Noemacheilus toni (non Dybowski, 1869); Orthrias barbatulus (Linnaeus, 1758); Orthrias oreas Jordan & Fowler, 1903.

Typová lokalita: Sladké vody Evropy a Asie.

Reference: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.