Original description as Tylochromis leonensis:
ZooBank:F3A96ACD-65CA-4A4A-8D96-6C8A9243A647.
- Stiassny, Melanie. 1989. "A taxonomic revision of the African genus Tylochromis (Labroidei, Cichlidae); with notes on the anatomy and relationships of the group". Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium, Zoologische Wetenschappen. 258:1–161 (crc01017)
Conservation: Tylochromis leonensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).