Original description as Haplochromis kamiranzovu:
ZooBank:30581AEB-6BBD-4FC7-A79C-6F4DE58C8CF6.
- Snoeks, Jos & E. Coenen & D. F. E. Thys Van Den Audenaerde. 1984. "Description de Haplochromis kamiranzovu sp. n. du Lac Kivu (Pisces, Cichlidae)". Revue de Zoologie Africaine. v. 98 (n. 4) pp. 895-904 (crc01422)
Conservation: Haplochromis kamiranzovu is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).