Original description as Paratilapia polleni:
ZooBank:7E50E078-E9F0-4402-BB56-F4C34E3B9660.
- Bleeker, Pieter. 1868. "Description de trois espèces inédites de Chromidoïdes de Madagascar". Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afdeeling Natuurkunde. 2; pp. 307-309 (crc00015)
Synonyms (1):
- Paratilapia bleekeri Sauvage, 1891, with type locality at Swamps and wetlands of the Imerina, near Antananarivo, Madagascar. Determiner: Daget et al., 1991
Conservation: Paratilapia polleni is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2016).