Original description as Hemibates bellcrossi:
ZooBank:BA1F043E-24E8-4684-8EC3-FF0AD1AC4882.
- Poll, Max. 1976. "Hemibates bellcrossi sp. n. du lac Tanganika". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. v. 90; n. 4; pp. 1017-1020 (crc01038)
Conservation: Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).