Original description as Haplochromis vanheusdeni:
ZooBank:8A32B22D-6AB1-46CA-8827-A8D0EFE7F895.
- Schedel, Frederic D. B & John P. Friel & Ulrich K. Schliewen. 2014. "Haplochromis vanheusdeni, a new haplochromine cichlid species from the Great Ruaha River drainage, Rufiji basin, Tanzania". Spixiana. v. 37(n. 1), pp. 135-149 (crc06350)
Conservation: Haplochromis vanheusdeni is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.