Considered a synonym of Haplochromis bicolor (Boulenger, 1906)
- van Oijen, Martien J.P. 1991. "Hoplotilapia, Paralabidochromis, Platytaeniodus, Schubotzia". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). pp. 198-199, 355, 382, 438 (crc01504)
Original description as Hemitilapia materfamilias:
ZooBank:53450D58-3980-4BEA-AFC5-5E8144EF5389.
- Pellegrin, Jacques. 1913. "Diagnoses préliminaires de Cichlidés nouveaux du lac Victoria receuillis par MM. Alluaud et Jeannel". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. v. 37: pp. 311-314 (crc01430)