Considered a synonym of Rubricatochromis letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880)
- Daget , Jacques & G.G. Teugels. 1991. "Hemichromis". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA) (crc01777)
Original description as Hemichromis rolandi:
ZooBank:FFBDDCD5-0C9D-4B76-949B-973970E4BF44.
- Sauvage, Henri Émile. 1882. "Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. V. 6". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. [Series 7]6 168-176 (crc00331)