Original description as Labidochromis ianthinus:
ZooBank:3FCA60F0-CC53-4026-A1D4-0D146911ACD5.
- Lewis, Digby. 1982. "A Revision of the Genus Labidochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189-265 (crc00119)
Conservation: Labidochromis ianthinus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).