Original description as Haplochromis pellegrini:
ZooBank:8F837E73-B4B1-4066-8F05-CA334AE555C6.
- 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 pellegrini is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).