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

Synonyma: Nemacheilus aliensis Wu, 1979; Nemachilus aliensis Wu, 1979.

Reference: Wu, Y.-F. & S.-Q. Zhu. 1979. Fishes of Ali, Tibet: classification, distribution and fisheries resources. Pp. 13-36. In: Qinghai Sheng Shengwu Yanjiusuo (ed.). Research Report on the flora and fauna of the Ali Region, Xizang. Science Press, Beijing. Fish. Ali, Tibet 1979: 1-227, Pls. 1-2.