Oryginalny opis jako Corematodus shiranus:
ZooBank:8BE7BF9D-41FB-4A33-9744-48620DBCE1A3.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1896. "Descriptions of new fishes from the Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa, collected by Dr. Percy Rendall, and presented to the British Museum by Sir Harry H. Johnston, K. C. B.". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pp. 915-920 (crc00714)
Ochrona: Corematodus shiranus jest wpisany prez Międzynarodową Unię Ochrony Przyrody do Czerwonej Księgi Gatunków Zagrożonych IUCN jako (LC) Najmniejszej troski (2006). I have never seen a single individual alive and the species is thus very rare. The recent over-fishing in the southern part of the lake has severely decreased the populations of Oreochromis and probably with it also Corematodus shiranus.