Considéré comme synonyme junior de Thoracochromis fasciatus (Perugia, 1892)
- van Oijen, Martien J.P & J. Snoeks, P. H. Skelton, C. Maréchal & G. G. Teugels. 1991. "Haplochromis". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). v. 4, pp. 100-184 (crc01162)
Décrit initialement sous Tilapia monteiri:
ZooBank:5C6E3874-5C08-42C8-8A77-8A367AC70232.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Part II". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pp 98-143 (1-47); (crc00051)