Original description as Otopharynx alpha:
ZooBank:E162D42A-E71B-4D5A-A19A-A9CDA20D9E2D.
- Oliver, Michael K.. 2018. "Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malawi (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 59(2):159–197 (crc08933) (abstract)
Conservation: Otopharynx alpha is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.