Original description as Otopharynx styrax:
ZooBank:8C70B6BD-8332-4C83-86C2-3117496FD7CA.
- Oliver, Michael K.. 2018. "Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malawi (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 59(2):159–197 (crc08933) (abstract)
Conservation: Otopharynx styrax is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.