Original description as Pseudotropheus cyaneus:
ZooBank:885F57C6-C6F5-4EE2-B6BC-61248E3A088B.
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr.. 1988. "Three new rock-dwelling cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Copeia. 1988 (3); pp.663-668 (crc00171)
Conservation: Chindongo cyaneus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).