最初命名為 Microchromis aurifrons:
ZooBank:A5FB16D0-0469-4D76-8A5F-C7B61D4F8D7B.
- Tawil, Patrick. 2011. "Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975". Cybium. v. 35(n. 3), pp. 201-211 (crc04046) (摘要)
保育: Cynotilapia aurifrons 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.