Original description as Nanochromis wickleri:
ZooBank:71E3BA06-17C8-44A0-A03E-D64D0C731B99.
- Schliewen, Ulrich K & Melanie J. Stiassny. 2006. "A new species of Nanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Mai Ndombe, central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo". Zootaxa. n. 1169; pp. 33-46 (crc01261)
Conservation: Nanochromis wickleri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.