Original description as Haplochromis incola:
ZooBank:B134A50D-C87F-4209-814C-AB7BA2219485.
- 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 incola is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).