Original description as Otopharynx selenurus:
ZooBank:A51B5C47-B996-4CC6-8235-BF33CF5BA9F.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)
Conservation: Otopharynx selenurus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).