最初命名為 Cunningtonia longiventralis:
ZooBank:5254177A-3137-45F3-8E84-260EFDEFDD78.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1906. "Fourth Contribution to the Ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika - Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904-1905". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 17, Part 6(1): pp. 537-619 (crc00004)
保育: Cunningtonia longiventralis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006). Cunningtonia longiventralis不是淺水沙石過渡棲地非常常見的魚種且在這些區域圍網無法使用。因為C. longiventralis 是純植食性種類所以不能用釣鉤和線捕捉到夠多數量而影響到族群密度。.