Original description as Pseudotropheus (Maylandia) hajomaylandi:
ZooBank:A67AF56B-DB76-4DC4-BDA0-2FC0789C1B51.
- Meyer, Manfred & M. Schartl. 1984. "Pseudotropheus (Maylandia) hajomaylandi n. sp., a new taxon from Lake Malawi". Revue française d'Aquariologie et Herpetologie. v. 11(n. 2), pp. 51-56 (crc01073)
Conservation: Metriaclima hajomaylandi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).