Original description as Tylochromis praecox:
ZooBank:FB2FB96D-6B58-4384-9655-FADB70407DD0.
- Stiassny, Melanie. 1989. "A taxonomic revision of the African genus Tylochromis (Labroidei, Cichlidae); with notes on the anatomy and relationships of the group". Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium, Zoologische Wetenschappen. 258:1–161 (crc01017)
Conservation: Tylochromis praecox is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2009).