Original description as Placidochromis nkhatae:
ZooBank:A7EEFE10-A85E-4786-BDB0-AC001555EB4C.
- 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 nkhatae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).