Original description as Gobiocichla ethelwynnae:
ZooBank:81322538-0D32-4B63-BEFD-69104ED1BD66.
- Roberts, Tyson R. 1982. "Gobiocichla ethelwynnae, a new species of goby-like cichlid fish from the rapids in the Cross River, Cameroon". Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. (Serie C; Zoology) v. 85; n. 4; pp. 575-487 (crc01221)
Conservation: Gobiocichla ethelwynnae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2010).