Descripción original como Chalinochromis cyanophleps:
ZooBank:B9DD994C-F728-4B8E-B080-6EE2E0F078FF.
- Kullander, Sven & M. Karlsson, M. Karlsson, M. Norén. 2014. "Chalinochromis cyanophleps, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Zootaxa. v. 3790 (n. 3): pp. 425–438 (crc06115) (resumen)
Conservación: Chalinochromis cyanophleps no es evaluada en la lista roja de especies amenazadas de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. The fact that C. cyanophleps seems to be restricted to reefs and small islands off the coast may be an indication that it is vulnerable to competition from other species and also that its actual living space is very restricted to the rocky habitats surrounding such areas. Even though there is currently no threat known, the small population size of C. cyanophleps makes it automatically vulnerable to extinction.