Oliver, Michael K. & P. V. Loiselle. 1972. "A New Genus and Species of Cichlid of the Mbuna Group (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. pp. 309-320 (crc00109) (abstract)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1975. "How's That Again? A Discussion of Labidochromis textilis". Buntbarsche Bulletin. (n. 51), pp. 23-24 (crc08827)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1975. "Labidochromis textilis, a new cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 88 (n. 29): pp. 319-330 (crc01635)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1977. "Materials for a revision of the Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlids with three lateral spots (Teleostei, Cichlidae)". M.A. Thesis Occidental College (crc01739)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1979. "Heterochromis multidens: The most plesiomorphic African cichlid fish?". American Zoologist. v. 19(n. 3), pp. 180 (crc03834)
Oliver, Michael K. & Kenneth R. McKaye. 1982. "Floating islands: a means of fish dispersal in Lake Malawi, Africa". Copeia. pp. 748-754 (crc01814)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1984. "Systematics of African cichlid fishes: Determination of the most primitive taxon and studies on the haplochromines of Lake Malawi (Teleostei, Cichlidae)". Thesis, Yale University. 326 pp (crc01795)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1989. "Exochochromis gen. nov.". Malawian Cichlid Fishes - The classification of some Haplochromine genera. 186-187 (crc01899)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1989. "Otopharynx brooksi and O. lithobates". in: D. Eccles & E. Trewavas, Malawian cichlid fishes - The Classification of some Haplochromine genera. pp 161-165 (crc00163) (abstract)
Oliver, Michael K.. 1989. "Placidochromis milomo". in: D. Eccles & E. Trewavas, Malawian cichlid fishes - The Classification of some Haplochromine genera. pp. 113-115 (crc03474)
Oliver, Michael K. & Arnegard, Matthew E.. 2010. "A new genus for Melanochromis labrosus, a problematic Lake Malawi cichlid with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v.21(3): pp. 209-232 (crc02719) (abstract)
Oliver, Michael K.. 2012. "Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus, a new species of cichlid fish from Lake Malaŵi, with comments on some other supposed members of the genus (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Zootaxa. (n. 3410), pp. 35-50 (crc04509) (abstract)
Oliver, Michael K.. 2015. "Checklist of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa/Niassa)". academia.com (crc06648) (abstract)
Oliver, Michael K.. 2018. "Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malaŵi (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. v. 59(n. 2), pp. 159–197 (crc08933) (abstract)