最初命名為 Pseudotropheus microstoma:
ZooBank:039EE7C9-82F3-4657-9CC3-978DCFDE5BC9.
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)
保育: Tropheops microstoma 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.