Original description as Haplochromis cryptodon:
ZooBank:CEAB21CA-2245-47BE-BDBC-6BB6D3A949AF.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1959. "A Revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis Species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part III". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. v. 5(n. 7) pp. 179-218 (crc00302) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis cryptodon is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).