Original description as Haplochromis gilberti:
ZooBank:1E6BD827-59C8-4E4E-8A3A-7639D16CD547.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry & J.M. Gee. 1969. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part VII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 18:1:1-65 (crc01014)
Conservation: Haplochromis gilberti is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).