最初命名為 Chalinochromis popelini:
ZooBank:FC3A756B-39F9-4116-8BA7-C5C33B9B2089.
- Brichard, Pierre. 1989. "Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika". TFH Publications. 1-544 (crc00025)
保育: Chalinochromis popelini 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.