最初命名為 Melanochromis melanopterus:
ZooBank:73650A07-7705-4CBB-8BA7-6A1F2C376087.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
同種異名 (1):
- Melanochromis mellitus Johnson, 1976, 其模式產地在 Mumbo Island, Lake Malawi. 鑑定者: Konings-Dudin et al., 2009
保育: Melanochromis melanopterus 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). It is very common at the Maleri and Mbenji islands and a rather common cichlid at most other localities.