Original description as Haplochromis leuciscus:
ZooBank:2D65E564-D22C-4EEB-9139-A3763C134746.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)
Conservation: Nyassachromis leuciscus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).