Original description as Astatotilapia astatodon var. nigroides:
ZooBank:E116D124-0B8B-4B5F-959D-DF1F11017DD9.
- Pellegrin, Jacques. 1928. "Mission Guy Babault. Poissons de la région des lacs Kivu et Edouard". Bulletin du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle. v. 34(n. 1), pp. 82-86 (crc04490)
Conservation: Haplochromis nigroides is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).