Original description as Haplochromis loati:
ZooBank:ED287988-2D92-4DFA-A489-87B36689EB11.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry. 1971. "On the cichlid fish Haplochromis wingatii (Boulenger), and a new species from the Nile and Lake Albert". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. v. 84 (n. 3-4) pp. 344-365 (crc01426)
Conservation: Thoracochromis loati is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2009).