Original description as Parananochromis axelrodi:
ZooBank:27BF2C70-CF5D-471D-AF9C-B4C7EAED7C04.
- Lamboj, Anton & Melanie L.J. Stiassny. 2003. "Three new Parananochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Gabon and Cameroon, Central Africa". Zootaxa. 209:1-19 (crc00337)
Conservation: Parananochromis axelrodi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2010).