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

Synonyma: Eonemachilus brevis (Boulenger, 1893); Noemacheilus brevis (Boulenger, 1893); Nemacheilus brevis Boulenger, 1893; Nemachilus brevis Boulenger, 1893.

Reference: Boulenger, G. A. 1893. List of the fishes collected by Mr. E. W. Oates in the southern Shan States, and presented by him to the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 6) v. 12 (no. 69): 198-203.