最初描述为 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. 11(2):51-56 (crc01073)
保育: Metriaclima hajomaylandi 由国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (LC) 无危（Least Concern） (2018). Collection for the ornamental fish trade is a threat to M. hajomaylandi but there has been no noticeable decline in the population over about four decades of extraction. It is of no importance to subsistence fishermen and since it resides in intermediate habitats it is rarely collected in seines as by-catch.