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

Synonyma: Triplophysa griffithii (Günther, 1868); Nemachilus griffithi Günther, 1868; Nemachilus griffithii Günther, 1868; Triplophysa brahui (non Zugmayer, 1912); Nemacheilus brahui (non Zugmayer, 1912); Nemachilus griffithi afghana Hora, 1935; Noemacheilus naziri Ahmad & Mirza, 1963; Noemacheilus griffithi hazaraensis Omer & Mirza, 1975.

Reference: Günther, A. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the colelction of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 7: i-xx + 1-512.