Original description as Diplotaxodon altus:
ZooBank:AEC76563-6AD9-44C0-B013-AD1922F6ED85.
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & T.B. Phiri, A.F. Konings. 2018. "Description of two deep-water fishes of the genus Diplotaxodon (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 131(1):90-100. DOI: 10.2988/PBSW-D-17-00004 (crc08486) (abstract)
Conservation: Diplotaxodon altus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.