Original description as Spathodus marlieri:
ZooBank:DDC9DDD4-AD60-4E80-B7C4-A56ED2D7F41D.
- Poll, Max. 1950. "Description de deux Cichlidae pétricoles du lac Tanganika". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 43(4): 292-302 (crc01420)
Conservation: Spathodus marlieri is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).