Original description as Petrochromis famula:
ZooBank:A030074E-0D89-4FE3-9E44-FDB05C2F861B.
- Matthes, H & E. Trewavas. 1960. "Petrochromis famula n. sp., a cichlid fish of Lake Tanganyika". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 61(3-4): 349-357 (crc00152)
Conservation: Petrochromis famula is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).