Original description as Ctenochromis sauvagei:
ZooBank:A6456E93-3189-4345-8A09-095B47CED5FF.
- Pfeffer, G. J. 1896. "Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete". Möbius, K. (Ed.) Deutsch-Ost-Afrika Die Thierwelt Deutsch-Ostafrikas Wirbelthiere. i-xviii + pp. 1-72 (crc00089)
Conservation: Haplochromis sauvagei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2010).