最初命名為 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)
保育: Nanochromis parilus 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 (2010).