Original description as Paratilapia cavifrons:
ZooBank:CF90B2B6-358F-4ACC-A422-899D5FD8CD03.
- Hilgendorf, F. M. 1888. "Fische aus dem Victoria-Nyanza (Ukerewe-See), gesammelt von dem verstorbenen Dr. G. A. Fischer". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Berlin. pp. 75-79 (crc00096)
Conservation: Haplochromis cavifrons is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).