Original description as Pseudotropheus heteropictus:
ZooBank:CC1F82F4-8B53-4D12-9B3B-7974B6E75AD5.
- Staeck, Wolfgang. 1980. "Pseudotropheus heteropictus n. sp. aus dem Malawi-See (Pisces: Cichlidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica. v. 60(3-4), pp. 159-162 (crc00176) (abstract)
Conservation: Chindongo heteropictus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).