最初命名為 Haplochromis taurinus:
ZooBank:62DEA61D-BE92-4B9C-A983-CEA5F6E1397F.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1933. "Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes, 1930-1. --11. The cichlid fishes". Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology). 38:259:309-341. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb00062.x (crc01010)
保育: Haplochromis taurinus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006). Haplochromis taurinus extended distribution including Lake Edward, beyond the potentially threatened water quality of Lake George and the Kazinga Channel lessens the threat potential to the species (Twongo, 2006).