 The IUCN for example notes that the taxonomy of this species is in need of revision.It does seem to be fairly close to the core group around the typical barbels ("Barbus", "Luciobarbus" and "Messinobarbus").But it is closer still to "Carasobarbus" and the yellowfish ("Labeobarbus"), and either is a lineage of the former, or part of a distinct genus, or included in the latter (maybe together with the former).