Original description as Haplochromis occultidens:
ZooBank:9CDAC070-FD9A-4AA2-A0C8-286FDE1EF884.
- Snoeks, Jos. 1988. "Redescription d'Haplochromis paucidens Regan, 1921 et description d'Haplochromis occultidens sp. n. (Pisces, Cichlidae) du lac Kivu en Afrique". Cybium. pp. 203-218 (crc01449)
Conservation: Haplochromis occultidens is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).