Original description as Haplochromis eutaenia:
ZooBank:433ED8A8-9185-4635-912F-22D59B2EB8A6.
- Regan, Charles Tate & E. Trewavas. 1928. "Four new cichlid fishes from Lake Victoria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 10) pp. 224-226 (crc01361)
Conservation: Haplochromis eutaenia is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).