Original description as Haplochromis gracilifur:
ZooBank:B5D6F1FE-5DBD-4F0A-8EF7-B7D627273882.
- Vranken, Nathan & M. Van Steenberge, J. Snoeks. 2018. "Grasping ecological opportunities: not one but five paedophagous species of Haplochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Lake Edward system". Hydrobiologia. 1–30. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3742-5 (crc08596) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis gracilifur is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.