Descripción original como Protomelas krampus:
ZooBank:5C1913C2-E6C9-43CD-BB1C-5522DFC60B8C.
- Dierickx, Katrien & J. Snoeks. 2020. "Protomelas krampus, a new paedophagous cichlid from Lake Malawi (Teleostei, Cichlidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. (n. 672), pp. 1–18. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.672 (crc09780) (resumen)
Conservación: Hemitaeniochromis krampus no es evaluada en la lista roja de especies amenazadas de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. It is a rather rare species and is not targeted by the ornamental fish trade, but the fact that it hunts in the water column it could be vulnerable to the nets of utaka fishermen. On the other hand, since H. krampus is mostly found in intermediate habitats not too many fishermen will risk their nets getting caught in the few rocks that occur in such habitats.