Descrizione originale come Paratilapia compressiceps:
ZooBank:D7FB8D27-E647-4542-8E2E-A7336293A2F6.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1908. "Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser8)238-243 (crc00068)
Conservazione: Dimidiochromis compressiceps è valutata dalle organizzazioni internazionali di salvaguardia delle specie a rischio come (LC) basso rischio (2006). Although Dimidiochromis compressiceps is still a common species in vegetated areas, many of such areas are rapidly disappearing because of beach seines that are dragged over them.