Original description as Nanochromis parilus:
ZooBank:D5DE7F34-3311-48EA-AA4B-6B303D1ADA61.
- Roberts, Tyson R & D.J. Stewart. 1976. "An ecological and systematic survey of fishes in the rapids of the lower Zaire or Congo River". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 147(6):239-317 (crc00129)
Conservation: Nanochromis parilus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).