Original description as Cyclopharynx fwae:
ZooBank:7411AAA8-7EB4-49DF-B3DF-CCE5AB3D3AC2.
- Poll, Max. 1948. "Descriptions de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par le Dr. J. Schwetz dans la rivière Fwa (Congo Belge)". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. v. 41; n. 1; pp. 91-104 (crc01066)
Synonyms (1):
- Callopharynx microdon Poll, 1948, with type locality at Fwa River, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo].. Determiner: Kullander et al., 1991
Conservation: Cyclopharynx fwae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).