Original reference as:
- Konings, Ad. 2015. "Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat (3rd edition)". Cichlid Press. 1-412. ISBN: 978-932892-18-5 (crc06624) (abstract)
Conservation: Callochromis sp. 'pleurospilus tanzania' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.