最初命名為 Haplochromis mloto:
ZooBank:41192394-DD8D-4416-904C-F8BB1FB5CF59.
- Iles, Thomas Derrick. 1960. "A group of zooplankton feeders of the genus Haplochromis (Cichlidae) in Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser13)257-280 (crc00958)
保育: Copadichromis mloto 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006).