Original description as Haplochromis heterotaenia:
ZooBank:714EACDB-BC93-4389-98E4-27A4CD8EEB8A.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10; pp. 65-118 (crc00118)
Conservation: Buccochromis heterotaenia is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).