Original description as Otopharynx aletes:
ZooBank:F48A0D30-2D2D-4A2E-8FB7-DAAD983A57EA.
- 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 aletes is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.