Original description as Haplochromis argens:
ZooBank:B0288AFB-9C11-4D81-9B7B-E551951A7B2D.
- de Zeeuw, Marnix P & I. Westbroek, M.J.P. van Oijen & F. Witte. 2013. "Two new species of zooplanktivorous haplochromine cichlids from Lake Victoria, Tanzania". Zookeys. v. 256, pp. 1-34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.256.3871 (crc04822) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis argens is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.