最初命名為 Paratilapia frontosa:
ZooBank:4F3E94E2-5C9B-4020-B1FB-5DEE47466CF4.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1906. "Fourth Contribution to the Ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika - Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904-1905". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 17, Part 6(1): pp. 537-619. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1905.tb000 (crc00004)
保育: Cyphotilapia frontosa 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006). Although thousands upon thousands of Cyphotilapia frontosa have been collected for the aquarium trade, many more are eaten by the local fishermen. Besides being caught on hook and line many are also caught with deep-set gill nets. Currently there appears little threat to the survival of Cyphotilapia frontosa but such can easily change when more and more net gill nets are set in increasingly deeper water.