最初命名為 Haplochromis plutonius:
ZooBank:55C0D64E-52B0-4BFF-A933-3F74569B2036.
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry & C.D.N. Barel. 1978. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), Part VIII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 6(4):227-281 (crc01160)
保育: Haplochromis plutonius 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (CR) 極危 (2010). This species has not been caught or no data about a record of its caught is known since 1980, so it seems logical to think that it is endangered or extinct.