Original reference as:
- Genner, Martin & P. Nichols, G.R. Carvalho, R.L. Robinson, P.W. Shaw, A. Smith, G.F. Turner. 2007. "Evolution of a cichlid fish in a Lake Malawi satellite lake". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 274(1623):2249–2257. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0619 (crc01924) (abstract)
Conservation: Rhamphochromis sp. 'longiceps yellowbelly' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.