最初命名為 Lithochromis rubripinnis:
ZooBank:381B6B55-C576-4F93-8A02-F84C80C56C96.
- Seehausen, Ole & E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton, H. Zwennes. 1998. "Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 9(2):129-228 (crc00316) (摘要)
保育: Lithochromis rubripinnis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2010).