Original description as Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis:
ZooBank:0D5769ED-5FA4-4413-9990-02FCCD6EC67B.
- Katongo, Cyprian & O. Seehausen, J. Snoeks. 2017. "A new species of Pseudocrenilabrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Mweru in the Upper Congo River System". Zootaxa. 4237(1),. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.10 (crc08069) (abstract)
Conservation: Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.