考慮為晚期同種異名 Pseudotropheus fuscus Trewavas, 1935
- Konings, Ad. 1990. "Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi". TFH Publications. 496 (crc01893)
最初命名為 Pseudotropheus fuscoides:
ZooBank:9CC4DB74-A607-4F46-A60A-1254DEF1DDB2.
- Fryer, Geoffrey. 1956. "New species of cichlid fishes from Lake Nyasa". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 53(1-2):81-91 (crc00117)