最初命名為 Pseudotropheus fuscus:
ZooBank:978DB39B-95C4-4904-B435-A0317E51ED70.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
同種異名 (1):
- Pseudotropheus fuscoides Fryer, 1956, 其模式產地在 Nkhata Bay, Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi). 鑑定者: Konings, 1990
保育: Pseudotropheus fuscus 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 (2018).