Original reference as:
- Tawil, Patrick. 2005. "Les cichlidés-gobies ou éretmodines, nouvelles espèces en provenance de la côte ouest du lac Tanganyika". L'an Cichlidé. 5:57-68 (crc01768)
Conservation: Tanganicodus sp. 'kavalla' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species. Presumably highly vulnerable due to its limited range.