Original description as Otopharynx mumboensis:
ZooBank:20B3BCED-DB76-487E-A084-5D956BE7BC8D.
- Oliver, Michael K.. 2018. "Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malawi (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 59(2):159–197 (crc08933) (abstract)
Conservation: Otopharynx mumboensis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.