最初命名為 Paratilapia aurita:
ZooBank:A9127DDA-172A-4E11-8774-D89860E88973.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1901. "Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]1-6 (crc00034)
保育: Limnochromis auritus 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).