Original description as Haplochromis bartoni:
ZooBank:2E2F8051-712B-4B4E-93BE-CF2F6D390143.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1962. "A Revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis Species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part V". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. v. 9; n. 4; pp. 139-214 (crc01021)
Conservation: Haplochromis bartoni is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010). Apparently extinct.