考慮為晚期同種異名 Protomelas Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Konings, Ad. 1995. "Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat (2nd edition)". Cichlid Press. 352. ISBN: 978-0966825534 (crc01582)
最初的描述(命名) :
- Eccles, David H. & Ethelwynn Trewavas. 1989. "Malawian cichlid fishes. The Classification of some Haplochromine genera". Lake Fish Movies, Herten, West Germany. 1-334 (crc00063)
模式物種: Haplochromis ornatus Regan, 1922 (original designation).