Considéré comme synonyme junior de Haplochromis longirostris (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- 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 Haplochromis tenuis:
ZooBank:5DAEA45E-D3C0-4639-9A0C-CFEE0BA5B092.
- Borodin, Nikolai A.. 1931. "Some new cichlid fishes from lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, Central Africa". Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club. v. 12, pp. 49-54 (crc00965)