Uznawany jako synonim Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther, 1894)
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1946. "The types of African cichlid fishes described by Borodin in 1931 and 1936, and of two species described by Boulenger in 1901". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 116(n. 2), pp. 240-246. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1946.tb00121.x (crc01695)
Oryginalny opis jako Haplochromis fasciatus:
ZooBank:6EF85192-E91F-4FD9-A545-6C1EC96411E1.
- Borodin, Nikolai A.. 1931. "Some new cichlid fishes from lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, Central Africa". Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club. v. 12, pp. 49-54 (crc00965)