最初命名為 Chromis diagramma:
ZooBank:4DA204AF-250D-486B-A579-6D06D0AC237E.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1894. "Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1893(4):628-632 (crc00212)
同種異名 (1):
- Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1909, 其模式產地在 Lake Tanganyika. 鑑定者: Trewavas, 1966
保育: Simochromis diagramma 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).