最初命名為 Otopharynx aletes:
ZooBank:F48A0D30-2D2D-4A2E-8FB7-DAAD983A57EA.
- Oliver, Michael K.. 2018. "Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malawi (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 59(2):159–197 (crc08933) (摘要)
保育: Otopharynx aletes 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.