Original description as Haplochromis katonga:
ZooBank:34AD6155-F2F0-4F8E-9A7F-CAD6CB3B260D.
- Schraml, Erwin & Tichy, H.. 2010. "A new species of Haplochromis, Haplochromis katonga n. sp. (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Katonga River, Uganda". Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology. v.16 (3): pp.81-92. (crc02661) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis katonga is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2016).