Original reference as:
- Genner, Martin & M.I. Taylor, D.F.R. Cleary, S.J. Hawkins, M.E. Knight, G.F. Turner. 2004. "Beta diversity of rock-restricted cichlid fishes in Lake Malawi: importance of environmental and spatial factors". Ecography. 27(5):601-610. DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03824 (crc01929) (abstract)
Conservation: Tropheops sp. 'orange head' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.