Original description as Haplochromis labidodon:
ZooBank:BE2739B4-BC37-44D6-94FF-46F3124ECF23.
- 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 labidodon is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).