Original description as Haplochromis schubotzi:
ZooBank:C73FEFCB-06FE-46A0-A25F-ABE666B1FDDF.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1914. "Unterordnung: Acanthopterygii. Fam. Cichlidae". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, Zoologie. Band 5, pp. 253-259 (crc00952)
Conservation: Haplochromis schubotzi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).