最初命名為 Haplochromis microcephalus:
ZooBank:C5095C83-BE2B-43C4-859E-4F84009EF1F8.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
保育: Nyassachromis microcephalus 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).