Original description as Haplochromis chrysogynaion:
ZooBank:441D6087-FD3F-44BF-A2D5-29ACD9BF9690.
- van Oijen, Martien J.P. 1991. "A systematic revision of the piscivorous haplochromine Cichlidae (Pisces: Teleostei) of Lake Victoria (East Africa) Part 1". Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden). n. 272; p. 1-95 (crc01033) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis chrysogynaion is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).