最初命名為 Haplochromis melichrous:
ZooBank:2BCD4743-0DEE-4298-9847-37B6BDBEA814.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry & J.M. Gee. 1969. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part VII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 18:1:1-65 (crc01014)
保育: Haplochromis melichrous 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (DD) 資料缺乏 (2010).