Original description as Haplochromis melanotaenia:
ZooBank:B31746FF-BBF7-4244-B5A8-5E0B9B2A5D25.
- 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 melanotaenia is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).