Original description as Haplrochromis pelagicus:
ZooBank:E7484A7C-5E61-495C-8591-308ED530E2F7.
- Vranken, Nathan & M. van Steenberge, M. Mbalassa, J. Snoeks. 2023. "Just below the surface, the pelagic haplochromine cichlids from the Lake Edward system". Hydrobiologia. epub. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-023-05246-y (crc12229) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis pelagicus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.