Original description as Tomocichla asfraci:
ZooBank:E1380806-AA98-4149-B7F6-875C54C4B3C5.
- Allgayer, Robert. 2002. "Un Cichlidé nouveau du genre Tomocichla Regan, 1908 (Perciformes : Labroidei) du Rio Guarumo, Panama". L'an Cichlidé. v. 2 / 2002 pp. 32-36 (crc00018)
Conservation: Tomocichla asfraci is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.