Original description as Haplochromis melanonotus:
ZooBank:60F57149-3F34-444C-BD09-69FCD2DA81D4.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)
Synonyms (1):
- Haplochromis semipalatus Trewavas, 1935, with type locality at Kaporo or Deep Bay, Chilumba, Lake Malawi. Determiner: Konings, 1993
Conservation: Mylochromis melanonotus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).