最初命名為 Cyrtocara macrocleithrum:
ZooBank:276612F3-2B81-4142-97F4-221AB8F1148F.
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & K. R. McKaye. 1985. "A deep-water cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Copeia. 1985(3):591-596 (crc01616)
同種異名 (1):
- Cleithrochromis bowleyi Eccles, 1974, 其模式產地在 Not stated. 鑑定者: Daget et al., 1991
保育: Alticorpus macrocleithrum 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). This species is endemic to and widespread throughout Lake Malawi. Localized threats are unlikely to have a widespread impact on the population (Konings et al., 2022).