Original description as Haplochromis concilians:
ZooBank:833C8221-6978-40A2-937F-FBBAAFD28F9F.
- Vranken, Nathan & M. Van Steenberge, J. Snoeks. 2019. "Similar ecology, different morphology: Three new species of oral-mollusc shellers from Lake Edward". Journal of Fish Biology. pp. 1–16. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14107 (crc09510) (abstract)
Conservation: Haplochromis concilians is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.