Original description as Haplochromis epichorialis:
ZooBank:53C3E8B9-418C-463A-9954-C76D8B7D72CE.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
Conservation: Mylochromis epichorialis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).