Original reference as:
- van Heusden, Hans. 2011. "Op zoek naar bijzondere cichliden in Tanzania III". Cichlidae (Nederlandse Vereniging van Cichlidenliefhebbers). 37(4):5-17 (crc03596)
Conservation: Orthochromis sp. 'red' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.