Original reference as:
- Witte, Frans & T. Goldschmidt, J. Wanink, M. van Oijen, K. Goudswaard, E. Witte-Maas, N. Bouton. 1992. "The destruction of an endemic species flock: quantitative data on the decline of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 34(1):1-28. DOI: 10.1007/BF00004782 (crc02776) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis sp. 'chlorocephalus' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.