Original description as Mylochromis ensatus:
ZooBank:4AA2A219-C537-4340-952C-CAB7ED679EB2.
- 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 ensatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.