Original description as Congochromis pugnatus:
ZooBank:4B97CD96-DE96-4F27-8EC7-446189BDE643.
- Stiassny, Melanie & Ulrich K. Schliewen. 2007. "Congochromis, a new cichlid genus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Central Africa, with the description of a new species from the upper Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo". American Museum Novitates. (3576):1-16 (crc01450) (abstract)
Conservation: Congochromis pugnatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2009).