Original description as Gephyrochromis lawsi:
ZooBank:D09F7244-CD49-4A22-B525-B910F4714E10.
- Fryer, Geoffrey. 1957. "A new species of Gephyrochromis (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Nyasa, with notes on its ecology and affinities". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 55(3-4):347-352 (crc01049)
Conservation: Gephyrochromis lawsi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).