Considéré comme synonyme junior de Thysochromis ansorgii (Boulenger, 1901)
- Lévèque, Christian & D. Paugy, G.G. Teugels. 1991. "Annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of the Nilo-sudan river basins, in Africa". Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale. 24(2):131-154 (crc09343)
Décrit initialement sous Pelmatochromis annectens:
ZooBank:3B82062A-ADD6-4A1B-AA0E-0A9C84143471.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1913. "Descriptions of five new cichlid fishes from Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser8)12:71:482-485 (crc01009)