Original description as Mylochromis chekopae:
ZooBank:51F974AF-40E1-49AB-AE99-92F2829C3DAA.
- Turner, George & J.D. Howarth. 2001. "Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 12(3):205-212 (crc01164) (abstract)
Conservation: Mylochromis chekopae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.