Original description as Placidochromis macroceps:
ZooBank:B290C398-5D7B-4B8C-B558-3C7260FB9E1E.
- Hanssens, Mark. 2004. "The deep-water Placidochromis species". In: J. Snoeks (ed.), The Cichlid Diversity of Lake Malawi, Identification, Distribution and Taxonomy. pp. 104-196 (crc01165)
Conservation: Placidochromis macroceps is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).