Considéré comme synonyme junior de Serranochromis angusticeps (Boulenger, 1907)
- Skelton, Paul Harvey & G. G. Teugels. 1991. "Serranochromis". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). pp. 442-453 (crc01183)
Décrit initialement sous Paratilapia kafuensis:
ZooBank:7193E3C8-DBCB-4810-8121-3897DDA6853D.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1908. "Diagnoses of new fishes from the Upper Zambesi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8); v. 2; n. 12; pp. 492-495 (crc01169)