All other Southeast Asian species of Barilius except Barilius bernatziki (Fig. 4A) and B. dogarsinghi (Fig. 4B) have a small, or no caudal spot (Fig. 2B). Barilius ornatus (Fig. 5) has an anal-fin origin opposing or behind the 5th (rarely 4th) branched dorsal-fin ray and has a small, or no caudal spot.