Original description as Petrochromis horii:
ZooBank:9A085681-42E5-44B2-9BD4-2EF85CA79E43.
- Takahashi, Tetsumi & S. Koblmüller. 2014. "A new species of Petrochromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Ichthyological Research. 61(3): 252-264. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-014-0396-9 (crc06101) (abstract)
Conservation: Petrochromis horii is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.