Original description as Otopharynx peridodeka:
ZooBank:CEB352C2-00C8-47E4-9863-5177BBE21900.
- 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 peridodeka is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.