Original description as Pelmatochromis taeniatus:
ZooBank:63283D39-654D-4005-ACD6-ED33D920F826.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1901. "On the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. vol. 1: pp 4-10 (crc00039)
Synonyms (2):
- Pelmatochromis kribensis calliptera Pellegrin, 1929, with type locality at Ruisseau de Grand Batanga, Cameroon. Determiner: Daget et al., 1991
- Pelmatochromis klugei Meinken, 1960, with type locality at Nigeria. Determiner: Daget , 1991
Conservation: Pelvicachromis taeniatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).