原始文獻在:
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & K. Black, M. Geerts, A. Konings, & K. M. MacKaye. 2006. "Cichlid Fish Diversity and Speciation". Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa. pp. 216-226 (crc04455)
保育: Amphilophus sp. 'xiloa fatlip' 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中. This species should be considered as vulnerable, since it is just found in the small crater Lake Xiloá, and apparently just in very small numbers.