Original description as Haplochromis macropsoides:
ZooBank:422FF9CA-27FD-4307-A16D-B8C616732C8D.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1973. "A revision of the Haplochromis and related species (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake George, Uganda". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. Series 25 (5); pp 141-242 (crc00219)
Conservation: Haplochromis macropsoides is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).