Original description as Lethrinops atrilabris:
- Turner, George. 2022. "A new species of deep-water Lethrinops (Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi". Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15208 (crc12053) (abstract)
Conservation: Lethrinops atrilabris is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.