Original description as Lethrinops macrorhynchus:
ZooBank:CF193726-4EED-469D-B2A0-7F166161FB73.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)
Conservation: Taeniolethrinops macrorhynchus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).