Considerado un sinónimo de Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882)
- Ufermann, Alfred & R. Allgayer, M. Geerts. 1987. "Cichlid catalogue (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1840). Vol. 1. Alphabetical catalogue of the cichlid fishes". Mr. Robert Allgayer, 15 rue des Hirondelles, 67350 Dauendorf, France. 1987:i-xv, 439 . (crc01731)
Descripción original como Pelmatochromis boulengeri:
ZooBank:61D1D28B-3CDF-46DE-B73A-453E38AAFF5E.
- Lönnberg, Einar. 1903. "On a collection of fishes from the Cameroon containing new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]37-46 (crc00695)