Original description as Haplochromis prostoma:
ZooBank:285AFC50-904B-498B-9690-E84C31A49B49.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
Conservation: Nyassachromis prostoma is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).