Considerato un sinonimo junior di Callochromis pleurospilus Boulenger, 1906
- Takahashi, Tetsumi & K. Nakaya. 1998. "Callochromis stappersii (Boulenger, 1914) from Lake Tanganyika, a junior synonym of C. pleurospilus (Boulenger, 1906) (Perciformes, Cichlidae)". Ichthyological Research. 45:4:413-418 (crc01143)
Descrizione originale come Pelmatochromis stappersii:
ZooBank:9DAE3967-422F-4AE9-9003-51A59A65A0E5.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1914. "Mission Stappers au Tanganyika-Moero. Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux. I. Acanthoptérygiens, Opisthomes, Cyprinodontes". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 442-447 (crc00153)