Décrit initialement sous Haplochromis cryptogramma:
ZooBank:FF1486BC-85F6-4089-BFE5-630439257BC8.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry & J.M. Gee. 1969. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part VII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 18:1:1-65 (crc01014)
Conservation: Haplochromis cryptogramma est évalué par l\'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature dans la Liste Rouge des espèces menacées comme étant (DD) Insuffisance de données (2010). We don't have data about the survival of this species in the Nile Perch Era, perhaps some found refugia against predation by the Nile Perch but nothing is known, as no records for this species have been made since its discovery. No collection has been reported from its reported distribution, so its seems logical to think that it may be endangered or extinct in the lake.