Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cypriniformes - máloostní
Čeleď: Cyprinidae - kaprovití

Synonyma: Barbus barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758); Barbus barbus borysthenicus Dybowski, 1862; Barbus barbus gallicus Karaman, 1971; Barbus communis Nordmann, 1840; Barbus communis Perty, 1832; Barbus fluviatilis Fitzinger, 1832; Barbus fluviatilis alba Krauss, 1882; Barbus fluviatilis aurata Veesenmayer, 1884; Barbus fluviatilis aurata Fatio, 1882; Barbus fluviatilis borysthenicus (non Dybowski, 1862); Barbus fluviatilis tyrasensis Dybowski, 1862; Barbus mayori Valenciennes, 1842; Barbus microphthalmus Bonaparte, 1846; Barbus microphthalmus Bonaparte, 1846; Barbus vulgaris Fleming, 1828; Cyprinus barba  Linnaeus, 1758; Cyprinus barbus Linnaeus, 1758.

Typová lokalita: Evropa.

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.