Original description as Congochromis rotundiceps:
ZooBank:1063C1BE-801C-4A46-A7E7-B297D1DF3AF7.
- Wingi, Nadine Usimesa & F.D.B Schedel, U.K. Schliewen. 2022. "Congochromis rotundiceps sp. nov., a new cichlid species (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) from the Congo Drainage". Zootaxa. 5124(3):296-320. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5124.3.2 (crc11869) (abstract)
Conservation: Congochromis rotundiceps is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.