Considéré comme synonyme junior de Chromidotilapia guentheri (Sauvage, 1882)
- Daget , Jacques & J.-P Grosse, G. G. Teugels, D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde. 1991. "Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). pp. i-xii + 1-740 (crc00700)
Décrit initialement sous Pelmatochromis pellegrini:
ZooBank:EFE28681-8125-496D-86DC-AA625CAF1730.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1903. "Second account of the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1902(2), pp. 324-330 (crc00726)