Description originale:
- Schliewen, Ulrich K & Melanie Stiassny. 2003. "Etia nguti, a new genus and species of cichlid fish from the River Mamfue, Upper Cross River basin in Cameroon, West Central Africa". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 14(1):61-72 (crc00056)
Espèce type: Etia nguti Schliewen & Stiassny, 2003 (désignation originale).