Original description as Haplochromis sphaerodon:
ZooBank:24BAECE7-57EC-4E5C-8C2F-F6C83B52A144.
- 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 sphaerodon is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).