最初命名為 Aulonocara brevinidus:
ZooBank:919989D1-24CC-4E41-9A15-BADC036C2020.
- Konings, Ad. 1995. "A review of the sand-dwelling species of the genus Aulonocara, with the description of three new species". The Cichlids Yearbooks. v. 5; pp. 26-36 (crc00002)
保育: Aulonocara brevinidus 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).