Original description as Petrochromis polyodon:
ZooBank:D5693B8D-022F-4D0A-89A9-B34BFF89E4D7.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1898. "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3:494-497 (crc00006)
Synonyms (1):
- Petrochromis nyassae Boulenger, 1902, with type locality at Lake Malawi, southeastern Africa. Determiner: Matthes & Trewavas, 1960
Conservation: Petrochromis polyodon is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).