Original description as Haplochromis spilostichus:
ZooBank:FA89B2A4-E45D-4705-B690-FECAA4E65389.
- 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 spilostichus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).