Original description as Lethrinops christyi:
ZooBank:105F36A6-55BD-4B79-9220-414004B6C3C8.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1931. "A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Lethrinops Regan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:7:133-152 (crc00999)
Conservation: Lethrinops christyi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).