最初命名為 Haplochromis spectabilis:
ZooBank:AD8C765E-7C1F-47C3-A150-70545CD30BD1.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
保育: Buccochromis spectabilis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2006).