Original description as Cyprichromis coloratus:
ZooBank:56A5F803-9DDE-487A-A3A4-41615A1A0A06.
- Takahashi, Tetsumi & M. Hori. 2006. "Description of a new Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish of the genus Cyprichromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) with a note on sexual dimorphism". Journal of Fish Biology. v. 68(n. SB); pp. 174-192. DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.001055.x (crc01298) (abstract)
Conservation: Cyprichromis coloratus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.