Original description as Haplochromis mento:
ZooBank:CFE95993-C568-42E7-A476-476894F0AA16.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 1: pp. 157-191 (crc00355)
Conservation: Haplochromis mento is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).