最初命名為 Haplochromis melanopterus:
ZooBank:2816AAF5-EE83-4F6A-9232-163E7A3103AC.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1928. "Descriptions of five new cichlid fishes of the genus Haplochromis from Lake Victoria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:93-95 (crc00362)
保育: Haplochromis melanopterus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (VU) 易危的 (2010).