Original description as Haplochromis guentheri:
ZooBank:430352C9-6306-424D-9585-03D6077F47B1.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)
Conservation: Mylochromis guentheri is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).