Original description as Tylochromis regani:
ZooBank:10C59AFE-E972-445A-9B6E-26BC4D1571ED.
- 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 regani is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (NT) near threatened (2009).