Original description as Labidochromis zebroides:
ZooBank:9F7CE009-43E8-4E04-A3C9-B6EFEE9712B8.
- Lewis, Digby. 1982. "A Revision of the Genus Labidochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. pp. 189-265 (crc00119)
Conservation: Labidochromis zebroides is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).