最初命名為 Stigmatochromis melanchros:
ZooBank:4B451ED7-FE88-42F4-9E0D-72AF54443A07.
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & R.M. Cleaver-Yoder & A. Konings. 2011. "Two new species of Stigmatochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 124(n. 3), pp. 212-222. DOI: 10.2988/10-30.1 (crc03872) (摘要)
保育: Stigmatochromis melanchros 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018).