Original description as Placidochromis pallidus:
ZooBank:E3969A02-3C62-4B8C-95D5-E340E49970E4.
- Hanssens, Mark. 2004. "The deep-water Placidochromis species". In: J. Snoeks (ed.), The Cichlid Diversity of Lake Malawi, Identification, Distribution and Taxonomy. 104-196 (crc01165)
Conservation: Placidochromis pallidus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).