Roberts (1999),<ref name=roberts1999>{{aut|Roberts, TR.}} 1999. "Fishes of the cyprinid genus ''Tor'' in the Nam Theun watershed (Mekong basin) of Laos, with description of a new species". ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'', [https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nusapp/pdfuploads/PUBLICATION2017/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Past%20Volumes/RBZ%2047(1)06/47rbz225-236.pdf '''47'''(1): 225–36].</ref> diikuti oleh Kottelat (2013),<ref name=kottelat13>{{aut|[[Maurice Kottelat|Kottelat, M.]]}} 2013. "The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries". ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'', [httphttps://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nusapp/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoologyuploads/Supplements2017/Supplement%202704/rbz_S27.pdf Supplement No. '''27'''], 22 November 2013.</ref> memasukkan kancera ke dalam [[genus|marga]] ''Neolissochilus'', meskipun tanpa penjelasan yang memadai. Marga ''[[Neolissochilus]]'' dapat dibedakan dari ''[[Tor]]'', di antaranya dengan melakukan pemeriksaan pada jumlah sisir saring [[insang]] (''gill rakers''), bentuk rahang bawah dan lengkung faringeal.<ref>{{aut|Rainboth, WJ.}} 1985. "''Neolissochilus'', a new genus of South Asian cyprinid fishes". ''Beaufortia'', [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548641 '''35'''(3): 25–35].</ref>
