Considéré comme synonyme junior de Haplochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 1: pp. 157-191 (crc00355)
Décrit initialement sous Hemitilapia bayoni:
ZooBank:D9ECA18B-A735-4C9C-85FE-9E2D5EF67EF9.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1908. "On a small collection of reptiles, batrachians, and fishes made by Dr. E. Bayon in Uganda". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. (Ser. 3) vol. 4, n. 44; pp. 5-7 (crc01035)