最初描述为 Cyrtocara moorii:
ZooBank:66F57830-14EC-415C-AB14-8D4319D9E872.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1902. "Diagnoses of new cichlid fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Nyassa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 7) 69-71 (crc00067)
保育: Cyrtocara moorii 由国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (LC) 无危(Least Concern) (2006). Since there has been large scale over-fishing going on during the last two decades, most of the Cyrtocara moorii have been wiped out from their usual habitat.