Specie descritta (20):
- Trematocranus peterdaviesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Alticorpus), valid
- Haplochromis stonemani Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Aulonocara), valid
- Cynotilapia axelrodi Burgess, 1976 (Cynotilapia), valid
- Diplotaxodon ecclesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Diplotaxodon), valid
- Eretmodus marksmithi Burgess, 2012 (Eretmodus), valid
- Julidochromis marksmithi Burgess, 2014 (Julidochromis), valid
- Labidochromis mathotho Burguess & Axelrod, 1976 (Labidochromis), valid
- Lethrinops gossei Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Lethrinops), valid
- Melanochromis exasperatus Burgess, 1976, synonym
- Melanochromis parallelus Burgess & Axelrod, 1976, synonym
- Pseudotropheus aurora Burgess, 1976 (Metriaclima), valid
- Pseudotropheus lanisticola Burgess, 1976 (Metriaclima), valid
- Pseudotropheus lombardoi Burgess, 1977 (Metriaclima), valid
- Haplochromis anaphyrmus Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Mylochromis), valid
- Haplochromis linni Burgess & Axelrod, 1975 (Nimbochromis), valid
- Haplochromis electra Burgess, 1979 (Placidochromis), valid
- Haplochromis hennydaviesae Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Placidochromis), valid
- Lethrinops polli Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (Placidochromis), valid
- Pseudotropheus tursiops Burgess & Axelrod, 1975 (Pseudotropheus), valid
- Symphysodon discus willischwartzi Burgess, 1981, synonym
Pubblicazioni (19):
- Burgess, Warren & Herbert R. Axelrod. 1973. "New Cichlids from Lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 22(2):14, 87-98 (crc00162)
- Burgess, Warren. 1975. "Studies on the Family Cichlidae: 2. New developments in the Malawi genus Labidochromis". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 24(238):44-48 (crc02984)
- Burgess, Warren & Herbert R. Axelrod. 1975. "Haplochromis linni, a new species of cichlid from Lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 23(5):36-41 (crc01087)
- Burgess, Warren & Herbert R. Axelrod. 1975. "Pseudotropheus tursiops, a new species of cichlid fish from Lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 24(3):86-90 (crc00181)
- Burgess, Warren. 1976. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 3. A new Melanochromis from Lake Malawi, with comments on the genus". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 61-65 (crc00300) (riassunto)
- Burgess, Warren & Herbert R. Axelrod. 1976. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 4. Two new species of mbuna (rock-dwelling cichlids) from Lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 24(7):44-49:52 (crc00121) (riassunto)
- Burgess, Warren. 1976. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 5. Pseudotropheus aurora, a new species of cichlid fish from lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 24(9):52-56 (crc00182)
- Burgess, Warren. 1976. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 6. A new shell-dwelling cichlid from Lake Malawi and its inquiline catfish". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 25(1):39-48 (crc01072)
- Burgess, Warren. 1976. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 7. Cynotilapia axelrodi, a new species of mbuna from Lake Malawi (Pisces: Cichlidae)". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 25:2:37-44 (crc01029)
- Burgess, Warren. 1976. "The Rio Negro Angelfishes". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 24(239):93-98 (crc02985)
- Burgess, Warren. 1977. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 8. Pseudotropheus lombardoi, a new species of Lake Malawi Mbuna with reversed sexual coloration (Pisces: Cichlidae)". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 26:2:63-67 (crc01071)
- Burgess, Warren. 1977. "Leptochromis: not a genus of Lake Tanganyika cichlid". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 26(259):70 (crc03046)
- Burgess, Warren. 1979. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 9. Haplochromis electra a new species of cichlid from the waters around Likoma Island, Lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 27(8):91-94 (crc00161)
- Burgess, Warren. 1981. "Studies on the family Cichlidae: 10. New information on the species of the genus Symphysodon with the description of a new subspecies of S. discus Heckel". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 29(7):32-42 (crc01359)
- Burgess, Warren. 1991. "The current status of discus systematics". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 30-40 (crc11969)
- Burgess, Warren & J.G. Walls. 1993. "'Cichlasoma': the Next Step". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 80-82 (crc01089)
- Burgess, Warren. 2000. "The Cichlasoma story. Herichthys, the break-up". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 48(11):44-54 (crc01003)
- Burgess, Warren. 2012. "A new species of goby cichlid of the genus Eretmodus, E. marksmithi, (Pisces: Cichlidae) from the Northern part of Lake Tanganyika". Tanganika Magazyn. 12:23-31 (crc04601)
- Burgess, Warren. 2014. "Julidochromis marksmithi, A New Species of Julidochromis from the Tanzanian Coast of Lake Tanganyika". Tanganika Magazyn. 15:40-49 (crc06491)