Original description as Telmatochromis burgeoni:
ZooBank:E25AB2D6-1A60-4515-A011-E18916B3C955.
- Poll, Max. 1942. "Cichlidae nouveaux du lac Tanganika appartenant aux collections du Musée du Congo". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines (crc00114)
Conservation: Telmatochromis burgeoni is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.