Original description as Haplochromis boops:
ZooBank:64902A8F-A83E-4F1A-99DA-1CAF309E4738.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1967. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part VI". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. Series 15 (2); pp 73-77 (crc00191)
Synonyms (1):
- Haplochromis bodyi Ahl, 1926, with type locality at Near Langenburg, Lake Malawi. Determiner: Eccles et al., 1989
Conservation: Haplochromis boops is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).